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Biografisk notat
Nicholas Shakespeare was born in Worcester in 1957 and grew up in the Far East and Latin America. He is a prize-winning novelist and biographer. His most recent book, Priscilla, draws on his talents in both genres.One of our best and truest novelists
The Times
Enviably good
- Louis de Bernières, Sunday Times
Thoughtful and beautifully observed... Never predictable, this novel combines a remarkable narrative force with the lightest of touches. A book to savour and pass on
The Economist
Utterly absorbing and enjoyable...a romance which moves with assurance from wild improbability to a reconciliation with things as they may truly be
Scotsman
Completely riveting and very funny indeed. Shakespeare at his empathetic best, as he mines the fragile seam of our desire to be loved for who we are
Sunday Telegraph
A tremendous and captivating writer
Independent
So full of surprises that even to start describing it you have to give a few away...compelling
Sunday Times
A novel of scintillating brilliance... a modern myth of good and evil... Gripping
Metro
A dissection of the emotional fissures that tear families apart
Mail on Sunday
The novel...is thoughtful and beautifully written, examining lost lives, chances and choices
Daily Mail
What would you do if you suddenly and unexpectedly inherited £17million?
This is what happens to Andy Larkham, recently jilted lover, and resentfully underpaid publishing minion. Arriving late to the funeral of his favourite schoolteacher, he ends up in the wrong chapel with one other mourner, too embarrassed to leave. Pressured to sign the register, little does he realise what effect that signature will have upon his life.
The extraordinary story that follows tells of one man's failed love, the temptations of unanticipated wealth, the secrets of damaged families and the price of being true to oneself. It is a romance for our times.
The extraordinary story that follows tells of one man's failed love, the temptations of unanticipated wealth, the secrets of damaged families and the price of being true to oneself.