The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint - Couverture souple

Udall, Brady

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 039334164X ISBN 13 : 9780393341645

Editeur : W. W. Norton & Company, 2012

Synopsis

Book by Udall Brady

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

'Superb' Scotland on Sunday

'Original and touching' The Times

If I could tell you only one thing about my life it would be this: when I was seven years old the mailman ran over my head. As formative events go, nothing else comes close.

With these words Edgar Mint, half-Apache and mostly orphaned, makes his unshakable claim on our attention. Shunted from the hospital to a school for delinquents to a Mormon foster family, comedy, and trouble accompany Edgar - the irresistible innocent who never truly loses heart, and whose quest for the mailman leads him to an unexpected home.

'A story that tears at you and calls you back to it... There is also a human heart beating in here, as beautiful and profound as your own'Junot Diaz

'Quirky, charming and very funny' Mirror

'One of the most enjoyable reads of the year' Time Out

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Présentation de l'éditeur

With the inventive acuity of John Irving, this riveting picaresque novel chronicles the hopes and heartbreaks of Edgar Presley Mint. Half Apache and mostly orphaned, Edgar's trials begin on an Arizona reservation at the age of seven, when the mailman's jeep accidentally runs over his head. Shunted from the hospital to a school for delinquents to a Mormon foster family, comedy, pain and trouble accompany Edgar through a string of larger-than-life experiences. Through it all, readers will root for this irresistible innocent who never truly loses heart, and whose quest for the mailman leads him to an unexpected home.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: W. W. Norton & Company
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 039334164X
• ISBN 13: 9780393341645
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 432