The Lonely Polygamist - Couverture souple

Udall, Brady

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0224078062 ISBN 13 : 9780224078061

Editeur : Jonathan Cape, 2010

Synopsis

The Lonely Polygamist Golden Richards, husband to four wives, father to twenty-eight children, is having the mother of all mid-life crises. His construction business is failing, his family has grown into an overpopulated mini-dukedom beset with insurrection and rivalry, and he is done in with grief: due to the accidental death of a daughter and the stillbirth of a son. Full description

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

1970s, Utah. Meet the Richards - a one husband, four-wife, twenty-eight child family.

Rusty Richards is 11-years-old, son #5 to wife #3, and better known as 'the family terrorist'. Rusty blames his father for the sorry state of his life but he has a GRAND MASTER PLAN change it.

Golden Richards is the patriarch of this unruly Mormon clan. Unbeknownst to his wives, Golden is working on a construction job on a Nevada brothel. Lying to cover his tracks, beset by familial rivalry on all sides, he seeks relief in the arms of his boss' wife.

To put it simply this the story of a polygamist who has an affair. But there is much more to it than that. The Lonely Polygamist is the story of an unforgettable family and the search for love and belonging.

'An exceptional tale of an exceptional family' The New York Times

'It's funny, but not simply a comic novel; Udall has some wonderful observations about the dynamics of family life and the hapless Golden is a sympathetic hero' The Times

'A wry, sympathetic portrait of a spectacularly dysfunctional family' New Yorker

'Memorable... Shining above all in this joyful celebration of communal living is Rusty, the misfit whose explosive fate will have profound effects on the whole, enormous family' Daily Mail

'Wonderful... He has recreated the terrible wonder and wonderful terror of family life, in a novel that's not larger than life, but just as large, as funny and as poignant as everyday life itself' Sunday Herald

'Udall posesses a comic touch that is occassionally reminiscent of Richard Russo or John Irving... Impressive' Sunday Times

Also by Brady Udall: The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint

Revue de presse :

"Udall demonstrates a wonderful ability to move the reader one way or the other. He is a brilliant comic writer, and this novel is full of laugh-out-loud moments and running jokes. But he is equally adept at heartbreaking tragedy. Combining the two superbly here, he has recreated the terrible wonder and wonderful terror of family life, in a novel that's not larger than life, but just as large, as difficult, as funny and as poignant as everyday life itself" (Doug Johnstone Sunday Herald)

"It's funny, but not simply a comic noel; Udall has some wonderful observations about the dynamics of family life" (The Times)

"An exceptional tale of an exceptional family." (The New York Times)

"A dark, funny and insightful probe into the ways we can be lonely even when surrounded" (Sunday Telegraph, Australia)

"Memorable... Shining above all in this joyful celebration of communal living is Rusty, the misfit whose explosive fate will have profound effects on the whole, enormous family." (Ross Gilfillan Daily Mail)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Jonathan Cape
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0224078062
• ISBN 13: 9780224078061
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 608