Whirligig - Brossura

Macintyre, Magnus

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1780721277 ISBN 13: 9781780721279

Casa editrice: Faber And Faber Ltd., 2013

Riassunto

Claypole is not 'a large man'. He is a fat man. A fat man with thin limbs, like an egg with tentacles. And life is not going well. He's alone, idle, and on the brink of a medical crisis when a childhood acquaintance makes him an offer he can't understand, can't talk about, but ultimately can't refuse. A week later, and he finds himself in the wilds of Scotland, plunged into an eccentric community at war over a wind farm. And he's supposed to be a backer, but he has no idea what side he's on, even though it may bag him a lot of money. All he wants is to look like a hero in front of the woman with the bright blue eyes who brought him here. To do so he must run the gauntlet of a family with many dark secrets, some dangerous hippies and their hallucinogenic potions, and the wilderness itself with all its threats and dangers. Whirligig is a raucous, joyous, often poignant comedy about the redemptive power of the countryside. Written with peerless wit, it's a timely fable that takes its place within the tradition of the Great English Comic Novel. It's The Wicker Man as told by P.G. Wodehouse.

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Recensione:

"Whirligig has an impressively immersive sense of wry, often brilliantly dark involvement. Its voice is strong and clear and fresh and rousing. Like a bagpipe." --Jez Butterworth, author of Jerusalem

"This is a book I wish I'd written, and a story I loved to read." --Hardeep Singh Kohli

"A strong and very funny story... Macintyre has created a hilarious parody of the City man, in all his impractical glory."--The Times

"Told with wit and verve...[and] with real clarity, it is not hard to imagine this story transferring easily to television." --The Spectator

L'autore:

Magnus Macintyre grew up in suburban Oxford and rural Argyll, and then read History at Jesus College, Cambridge. He has been a serial entrepreneur in magazine publishing, film, television, and wind farming, with varying degrees of success. Only once has he had a proper job, as managing director of the New Statesman. He now lives in Somerset with Lucie and their two children, and writes full time. Whirligig is his first novel.

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• Editore: Faber And Faber Ltd.
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1780721277
• ISBN 13: 9781780721279
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288