Damned If You Do: A Novel - Brossura

Houghton, Gordon

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0312262884 ISBN 13: 9780312262884

Casa editrice: Picador, 2000

Riassunto

The bizarre, hilarious, and eerie story of a young, hapless corpse who is ressurected in order to assist Death in his appointed rounds.

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L'autore:

Gordon Houghton attended Oxford University and currently lives in England. He is also the author of the novel, The Dinner Party. Dammed If You Do is his first book to be published in America.

Product Description:

Hades Is Dead And The Agency Needs A replacement, a new apprentice to carry on its good work. After a vote, number 72 18 9 11 1 13 49 is selected and promptly yanked from his grave, to serve a seven-day trial sentence. Each day our hapless narrator is to assist Death in the killing of one unfortunate soul, but as he encounters each victim, and as he begins to grasp the functions of Death and his other three modern-day Horsemen, he unlocks strange memories of his own prior life. It is not until he understand the backhanded politics of the Four Horsemen's run-down row house, and the sinister circumstances of his predecessor's demise, that he can recognized his true purpose in, well, er, life... A hilarious and original debut, Damned If You Do marks the arrival of one of the most strange, funny and keenly imagined novels of the year.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Picador
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0312262884
• ISBN 13: 9780312262884
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 304