Jacob's Advice - Couverture souple

Cook, Jude

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1783528990 ISBN 13 : 9781783528998

Editeur : Unbound Digital, 2020

Synopsis

'Astute, funny, elegant meditation on identity . . . full of energy with an alluring Parisian glow’ Diana Evans, author of Ordinary People
'Generous, urbane, zestful . . . a Francophile's feast' Rob Doyle, author of Threshold
Larry Frost, a British pharmacologist living in Paris, is exuberant, charismatic, wildly opinionated. He’s also convinced he’s Jewish – or at least he’s long had his hopes. But his search for what he believes is his true identity produces more questions than answers.

In early 2015, following the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo, Larry is joined by his sceptical older cousin, Nick Newman. Divorced, separated from his son and desperately trying to understand his own place in the world, Nick is drawn inextricably into Larry’s slipstream as they walk the fractured, uneasy, magical streets of Paris.

Then, in November, terrorism strikes the city again. With Paris and the cousins still reeling from the trauma, Larry receives the information he’s urgently been seeking: a long-held family secret that will change both their lives forever.

Set against a backdrop of extremism, nationalism and the resurgence of antisemitism, Jacob’s Advice is a timely exploration of identity, race, family and the inescapable nature of the past.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jude Cook is the author of Byron Easy, which was published by Heinemann in 2013. He writes for the Guardian, TheSpectator, Literary Review, New Statesman,TLS and the i paper, while his essays and short fiction have appeared in Stockholm Review, The Moth, The Tangerine and The Honest Ulsterman, among others. In 2017, he was longlisted for the Pin Drop RA short story award, and in 2018 for the Colm Tóibín International Short Story Award. He is an editor for The Literary Consultancy and teaches creative writing at the University of Westminster. He lives in London.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Unbound Digital
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1783528990
• ISBN 13: 9781783528998
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible