My Name is Denise Forrester - Couverture rigide

Brooks, Nick

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0297849026 ISBN 13 : 9780297849025

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005

Synopsis

The most immediately endearing feature of Nick Brook's first novel is its heroine: a feisty, troublesome, spirited girl with her childhood eating disorder (only white things basically) and her teenage crushes, she is abandoned by her mother and tormented by her sister, hopeless at school but despite all that original and memorable and identifiable. She's the archetypal strange child, growing up in Glasgow tenements in the 80s with her indulgent and eccentric grandmother, while her policeman father and strategically ill mother battle it out at home. In to the story of Denise is woven other stories, fictions spun by her grandmother about witches and fallen women, stories of the streets that Denise and her grandmother stalk, together, murder and daily violence forming a disconcerting background to shopping and school. Nick Brooks is a distinctive talent with great potential. His voice is strong and lyrical and clear.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Nick Brooks was born and still lives in Glasgow. He graduated from the University of Glasgow, where he has recently completed its postgraduate degree in Creative Writing.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0297849026
• ISBN 13: 9780297849025
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible