Scorper: A Novel - Brossura

Smith, Rob Magnuson

 
9781783781065: Scorper: A Novel

Sinossi

Scorper, noun, a tool used to scoop out broad areas when engraving wood or metal. Scorper, novel, an uncanny and sinister tale of an eccentric American visitor to the small Sussex town of Ditchling, searching for stories about his grandfather. A tale of twitching curtains, severed hands and peculiar sexual practices. A book about Eric Gill's artistic legacy, his despicable behaviour and enduring influence. Scorper is a strange and beautiful English comic masterpiece, with added bird bones.

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Recensione

'An odd, original, darkly comic novel... It's a funny, unsettling read; Kafka crossed with Flann O'Brien' **** --Independent on Sunday

L'autore

ROB MAGNUSON SMITH teaches creative writing at the University of Exeter and is a contributing editor to Playboy magazine. His debut novel The Gravedigger won the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Award. He is half-American, half-English.

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9781783780440: Scorper: A Novel

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  1783780444 ISBN 13:  9781783780440
Casa editrice: Granta Books, 2015
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