Randall - Couverture souple

Gibbs, Jonathan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0957185367 ISBN 13 : 9780957185364

Editeur : Galley Beggar Press, 2014

Synopsis

Imagine if Damien Hirst died in 1989 run over, "apparently when drunk", by a train. Imagine someone else took his place. Imagine Randall: a genius provocateur who amuses and bemuses the press, public and all around him. Who makes a fortune, causes chaos and upends the art world in London and beyond, marking his route with acidic self-commentary: contemporary art is "art you don't have to see to get"; modern art "you don t have to like to buy." As told by his friend and confidant Vincent, Randall evokes the lost era of the 1990s, tinged with love, devotion and nostalgia: But Vincent's memories are tainted. The past still has a grip on the present. Now, years after Randall's death, Vincent (along with Justine, Randall's widow and Vincent's lover before that) must negotiate his friend's last, greatest, posthumous outrage. Even from beyond the grave, Randall has the power to set their relationship in jeopardy and everything they hold dear...

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

Randall has been longlisted for the 2015 Desmond Elliott prize.

'Gibbs has produced the sort of novel you pray for as a reviewer... Galley Beggar Press [have] had recent success with A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing. Randall, I'd contend, is a better novel.' Tibor Fischer in The Guardian

'Both absurd and eerily believable... Gibbs's novel is more than mischief: as with all the best lampoons, it dissects things that really matter and have gone awry... The characterisation is disarmingly sympathetic and the prose fluid and inventive, right up to the final, playful revelation.' The Telegraph

'Long awaited and well worth the wait.' Geoff Dyer

'Luminous, biting a rare delight. This is a novel that is at once funny and heartbreaking, intelligent and fiercely gripping.' Alex Preston, author of This Bleeding City, Spears Best First Novel winner, 2010

'A cool book with a big heart.' Anjali Joseph, author of Saraswati Park, Betty Trask and Desmond Elliot Prize winner, 2011

'Smart, funny, and delightfully inventive. Randall is another exciting debut from Galley Beggar Press.' --James Miller, author of Lost Boys and The Sunshine State

'It has style and aplomb, and is brimful of brilliance' --The Asylum

'It has style and aplomb, and is brimful of brilliance' --The Asylum

'Another closely observed tale of youthful zeal propels Jonathan Gibbs's Randall, which contained two of 2014's more appealing fictional premises: Damien Hirst's imaginary death in 1989, and a stash of paintings depicting the art world's major players in pornographic splendour. This portrait of a Young British Artist as a Deceased Man is vibrantly assured.' - --The Independent's best debuts of 2014

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Galley Beggar Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0957185367
• ISBN 13: 9780957185364
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 324
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible