Real Life - Couverture souple

Taylor, D. J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0006545823 ISBN 13 : 9780006545828

Editeur : Flamingo, 1993

Synopsis

Martin Benson, screen-writer and general henchman for Morty Goldstein, the legendary porn king, decides to escape the surreal seediness of Soho for a quieter life in Norwich. His idyll is short-lived, however, as bizarre images from his past begin to haunt him.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

D.J. Taylor is the author of 11 novels, including Kept (2006), which was a Publisher's Weekly book of the year, Derby Day (2011), long-listed for the Man Booker Prize, and The Windsor Faction (2013), joint winner of the Sidewise award for Alternate History. His non-fiction includes a biography of Thackeray, and Orwell:The Life (2003), which won the Whitbread Prize for Biography. His journalism appears a variety of newspapers and periodicals including the Independent, the Guardian, the Times Literary Supplement and the Wall Street Journal. He lives in Norwich, England, with his wife, the novelist Rachel Hore, and their three sons.

Présentation de l'éditeur

After eight years in the porn trade as a scriptwriter, Martin Benson returns to his home town of Norwich, in search of comfortable retirement. But the past rises up to disturb him and he realises that the "real life" he covets is becoming as nightmarish as the landscape he left behind. 'A writer of formidable accomplishment' Washington Post 'Taylor is marking out a territory as distinct and disturbing as Greeneland, with the same imperative towards moral inquisition and a flatlands melancholy that is all his own' Hilary Mantel, Sunday Times 'Taylor is a felicitous, intelligent writer' Herald

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Flamingo
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0006545823
• ISBN 13: 9780006545828
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible