High Dive - Brossura

Lee, Jonathan

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ISBN 10: 1101873329 ISBN 13: 9781101873328

Casa editrice: Vintage Books, 2017

Riassunto

“Devastating . . . Inspired . . . We make so many complex emotional investments in the lives of Lee’s characters that it takes a monk’s restraint not to flip to the very end of the book before you get there.” —Jennifer Senior, New York Times

In September 1984, a bomb was planted at the Grand Hotel in the seaside town of Brighton, England, set to explode in twenty-four days when the British prime minister and her entire cabinet would be staying there. High Dive not only takes us inside this audacious assassination attempt—a decisive act of violence on the world stage—but also imagines its way into a group of unforgettable characters. Nimbly weaving together fact and fiction, comedy and tragedy, the story switches among the perspectives of Dan, a young IRA explosives expert; Moose, a former star athlete gone to seed, who is now the deputy hotel manager; and Freya, his teenage daughter, trying to decide what comes after high school. Over the course of a mere four weeks, as the prime minister’s arrival draws closer, each of their lives will be transformed forever.  

A bold, astonishingly intimate novel of laughter and heartbreak, High Dive is a moving portrait of clashing loyalties, guilt and regret, and how individuals become the grist of history.
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Recensione

One of the Best Books of the Year
The Wall Street Journal · The Washington Post · San Francisco Chronicle · The Guardian · The Independent on Sunday · The Observer
One of The New York Times “Critics’ Top Books” of the Year
A Chicago Tribune “Biblioracle Book of the Year”

“Achingly good. . . . Lee displays a nimble metaphysical wit and a verbal ingenuity.” —The New Yorker

“Astonishingly well executed. . . . a beautifully realized novel about the intertwining of loyalty, family, ambition and politics.” —The Washington Post
 
“[A] brave, ambitious novel. . . . A mongrel blend of political thriller, dark comedy and pathos.” —San Francisco Chronicle

“Vibrantly cinematic. . . . It takes a monk’s restraint not to flip to the very end of the book before you get there. . . . There’s great range and compassion and high-definition imagery in Mr. Lee’s writing.” —The New York Times
 
“Hauntingly atmospheric. . . . Lee is quite brilliant at excavating the disappointment of characters constantly chasing lost opportunities.” —The Guardian
 
“A tender story about the hopes and flaws of ordinary people made extraordinary by events.” —The New York Times Book Review

L'autore

JONATHAN LEE is a British writer whose recent fiction has appeared in Tin House, Granta, and A Public Space, among other magazines. High Dive is his first novel to be published in the United States. He lives in Brooklyn, where he is a contributing editor for Guernica and a regular contributor to The Paris Review Daily.

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• Editore: Vintage Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1101873329
• ISBN 13: 9781101873328
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 321