The Killjoy - Couverture souple

Fine, Anne

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0552998281 ISBN 13 : 9780552998284

Editeur : Black Swan, 1999

Synopsis

Nobody, not even his former wife Margaret, has ever treated Ian Laidlaw in a natural way. Presented with his hideous facial scars, everyone he meets reliably falls back on cast-iron, distant courtesy to hide pity or disgust or shock. But then Alicia Davie, a careless young student, breaks the rules totally by laughing in his face. Alicia goes on to infiltrate the hidden man, exposing the obsessive, destructive passions that lurk beneath his primly cordial manner, never realizing that she is playing with fire...

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Raking the Ashes is Anne Fine's sixth novel for adults. Her first was the critically acclaimed The Killjoy. Taking the Devil's Advice and Telling Liddy have both been adapted for the radio. She is also a distinguished writer for young people, and has won the Carnegie Medal twice, the Whitbread Children's Award twice, the Guardian Children's Literature Award and a Smarties Prize. An adaptation of her novel Goggle-Eyes has been shown by the BBC, and Twentieth-Century Fox filmed her novel Madame Doubtfire as Mrs Doubtfire, starring Robin Williams. Her books have been translated into twenty-six languages. Between 2001 and 2003 she was the second Children's Laureate. Anne Fine has two grown-up daughters and lives in County Durham.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Black Swan
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0552998281
• ISBN 13: 9780552998284
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
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• Personne responsable: non disponible