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Relatively Famous
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Paperback. [Author], [Publisher]. NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.Author: Roger AverillFormat: Paperback Number of Pages: 304Michael and MajorieMadigan refuse to be interviewed by biographer Sinclair Hughes for his new book Inside the Lion's Den: The Literary Life of Gilbert Madigan. Thisis not surprising as Gilbert is Marjorie's ex- husband and Michael's mostlyabsent father. In Roger Averill'sbrilliantly conceived new novel, Relatively Famous, Gilbert Madigan is Australia's first Booker Prizewinner, a feted and much lauded author that the U.K. and U.S. now likes to calltheir own. Michael cannot escape his father's life and work, and at times hisown life seems swallowed by it. His father's success is a source of undeniablepleasure but also of great turmoil. How does one live in the shadow of a famous relative who we never seem to beable to live up to? In a world increasinglyobsessed with fame and celebrity, this engrossing novel subtly explores notions of success , masculinity, betrayaland loss, and ultimately what it might mean to live a good life. Paperback. Codice articolo 9780995409897-SECONDHAND
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