Religion, sex and mania bursting hoof-footed from suburban doors

- Fay Weldon,

Not since <i>The Catcher in the Rye</i> has there been such a believable portrayal of male puberty. The quality of story-telling and the cadence of the prose have a piercing authenticity

Catholic Herald

As a technician [Parks] cannot be faulted. His book builds to a terrifying <i>tour de force</i>, made bearable only by the tight prose

- Jeanette Winterson,

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He can write, at will, like a modern Henry James, proceeding with composure through the labyrinth

Literary Review

The gift of tongues, prophecy exorcism...what might such concepts mean in a complacent backwater of North London? For Richard Bowen, adolescence becomes a nightmare when his parents join the charismatic movement and find a devil in his brother. Winner of the Somerset Maugham and Betty Trask Awards.
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The gift of tongues, prophecy exorcism. . . what might such concepts mean in a complacent backwater of North London? For Richard Bowen, adolescence becomes a nightmare when his parents join the charismatic movement and find a devil in his brother.

Winner of the Somerset Maugham and Betty Trask Awards.

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'A hilarious and original portrait of a young boy grappling with good and evil' - New York Times Book Review

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780749396176
Publisert
1996-02-26
Utgiver
Vendor
Vintage
Vekt
110 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
10 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
144

Forfatter

Biografisk notat

Born in Manchester, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard. In 1981 he moved to Italy where he has lived ever since. He is the author of novels, non-fiction and essays, including Europa, Cleaver, A Season with Verona and Teach Us to Sit Still. He has won the Somerset Maugham, Betty Trask and Llewellyn Rhys awards, and been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He lectures on literary translation in Milan, writes for publications such as the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books, and his many translations from the Italian include works by Moravia, Calvino, Calasso, Tabucchi and Machiavelli.