Anyone for Edmund? - Couverture souple

Edge, Simon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1785631918 ISBN 13 : 9781785631917

Editeur : Lightning, 2020

Synopsis

They dug up his bones. They didn’t know he had a mind of his own.

‘I loved this smart and divinely wry book… what a terrific eye and ear is at work here!’ ELINOR LIPMAN

Under tennis courts in the ruins of a great abbey, archaeologists find the remains of St Edmund, once venerated as England’s patron saint, but lost for half a millennium.

Culture Secretary Marina Spencer, adored by those who have never met her, scents an opportunity. She promotes Edmund as a new patron saint for the United Kingdom, playing up his Scottish, Welsh and Irish credentials. Unfortunately these are pure fiction, invented by Mark Price, her downtrodden aide, in a moment of panic.

The only person who can see through the deception is Mark’s cousin Hannah, a member of the dig team. Will she blow the whistle or help him out? And what of St Edmund himself, watching through the prism of a very different age?

Splicing ancient and modern as he did in The Hopkins Conundrum and A Right Royal Face-Off, Simon Edge pokes fun at Westminster culture and celebrates the cult of a medieval saint in another beguiling and utterly original comedy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Simon Edge was born in Chester and read philosophy at Cambridge University. He was editor of the pioneering London paper Capital Gay before becoming a gossip columnist on the Evening Standard and then a feature writer on the Daily Express, where he was also a theatre critic for many years. The Hopkins Conundrum, published in 2017, was longlisted for the Waverton Good Read Award for debut novels. His follow-up novels The Hurtle of Hell and A Right Royal Face-Off were published in 2018 and 2019. He lives in Suffolk.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lightning
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1785631918
• ISBN 13: 9781785631917
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
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• Personne responsable: non disponible