Funny and brilliantly astute, Elliot Perlman's stories dissect the modern world of downsizing, anxiety and sexual confusion. The Reasons I Won't be Coming explores the complex lives of lovers, poets, lawyers, immigrants, students and murderers. An office worker discovers his lover's betrayal via e-mail. A woman hires a private detective and trawls through the underworld for her brother. A man finds himself waking up, once again, beside the wrong person. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Codice articolo GOR001502505

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Titolo: The Reasons I Won't Be Coming

Casa editrice: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, London

Data di pubblicazione: 2001

Legatura: Paperback

Condizione: Very Good

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Elliot Perlman has been acclaimed as a writer who takes us right to the heart of modern life - a world of uncertainty, downsizing, and sexual confusion. The Reasons I Won't Be Coming explores the turbulent lives of lovers, poets, lawyers, immigrants and murderers. An office worker discovers his lover's betrayal via e-mail. A woman hires a private detective and crawls through an urban underworld, searching for her brother. A man finds himself waking up, once again, beside the wrong person.
Elliot Perman's stories dissect the way we live now: the lost opportunities, the hopes, the fears, the vagaries of desire.

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Elliot Perlmanis the acclaimed author of a collection of short stories and two novels,Three Dollars, the film adaptation of which was released in 2005, andSeven Types of Ambiguity, which was a 'New York Times Notable Book' and a national bestseller in France, where it was described 'one of the best novels of recent years, a complete success'(Le Monde). A barrister, he lived in New York for many years and currently lives in Melbourne.

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