Last Weekend, The: A Novel - Brossura

Morrison, Blake

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ISBN 10: 1554688728 ISBN 13: 9781554688722

Casa editrice: Harper Perennial, 2012

Riassunto

The novel opens with a surprise phone call from an old university friend, inviting Ian and his wife, Em, for a few days by the sea. Their hosts, Ollie and Daisy, are a golden couple whose glamour and happiness drive Ian to distraction, and dangerous tensions quickly emerge. Beneath congenial yet charged conversation over meals and wine, the history of Ian’s attachment to Daisy is slowly uncovered. His rivalry with Ollie intensifies as they resurrect an almost forgotten bet made twenty years before. Each day becomes a series of challenges for higher and higher stakes, setting in motion actions that will have irreversible and fatal consequences.

In vivid, careful prose, where flashes of wit collide with moments of troubling uncertainty, Blake Morrison perfectly conveys the stifling atmosphere of a remote cottage in the hottest days of summer.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Born in Yorkshire, England, BLAKE MORRISON is the author of two bestselling memoirs, And When Did You Last See Your Father? and Things My Mother Never Told Me, three novels, The Justification of Johann Gutenberg, South of the River and The Last Weekend, and a study of the Bulger murder case, As If. He is also a poet, critic, journalist and librettist. He teaches creative writing at Goldsmiths College and lives in London, England. Visit his website at www.blakemorrison.com.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Harper Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1554688728
• ISBN 13: 9781554688722
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 272
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile