Magnificent Joe - Brossura

Wheatley, James

3,48

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Brossura

ISBN 10: 1851689664 ISBN 13: 9781851689668

Casa editrice: Oneworld Pubns Ltd, 2013

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After being released from prison, Jim returns home and finds a friend in the other outsider, Joe, but their friendship is tested when Joe is accused of a crime.

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Recensione:

'An enticing read that will resonate with many a reader.'
— Midwest Book Review

'This fine first book, half bildungsroman and half 'state of England' novel, tell the story of Jim and his mates growing up in a village in the north of England . . . Wheatley can sure turn a phrase . . . A sweetly sad story.'
— Publishers Weekly

'Joe's the only magnificent one in this novel about working-class life...A grim and gritty novel, with a slight ray of hope at the end.'
— Kirkus Reviews

'Wheatley is that increasingly rare type of young writer: he has experienced life, and it shows.'
— Daily Mail

'A brutal little novel that manages also to be tender and funny.'
— Independent on Sunday

'A brutal, sometimes moving book . . . written with a spare, unsentimental swagger and plenty of confrontational coal-black humour.'
— Metro

'Taut, tense and tragic . . . a triumphant debut.'
— Ben Myers, author of Pig Iron

'Strong and spare . . . witty and utterly convincing.'
— Jane Rogers, author of The Testament of Jessie Lamb

L'autore:

James Wheatley is a research consultant, musician, and writer. A graduate of the Sheffield Hallam Creative Writing Course in the UK, he lives in Yorkshire where he divides his time between writing and playing guitar in several bands. This is his first novel.

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