White Man Falling - Couverture souple

Stocks, Mike

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 184688036X ISBN 13 : 9781846880360

Editeur : Alma Books Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

White Man Falling is a tale of domestic catastrophe, accidental crime-busting, deluded match-making and mystical absurdity set in a small town in South India. Police sub-inspector Swami has lost his job after suffering a stroke while beating up a Very Guilty Suspect. He can no longer talk properly, command the respect of his community, or give his six daughters the bankrupting dowries they deserve and his wife is obsessed with securing the Most Expensive Husbands in India. No wonder Swami has lost his pride and wants to kill himself using only a puncture repair kit. Surely a man in these circumstances has good reason to feel cursed when a white man falls out of the sky and lands on him in a busy street, dying in front of his eyes and making him a laughing stock. But as further strange incidents occur, Swami's hometown starts to believe he is walking with God, and life becomes easier... Mike Stocks's comic tour de force brilliantly exemplifies how sometimes in life meaningless events can produce meaningful effects.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Mike Stocks was born in Lancashire and educated at Birmingham University, and currently lives in Edinburgh. He writes novels, children's books, poetry and translations, and has worked both as a lexicographer and as an editor for several British publishers. He is the founder and editor of Anon, the anonymous submissions poetry magazine. His debut literary novel, White Man Falling, will be published by Alma Books in September 2006, and his translations of Roman poet Belli by Oneworld Classics in Spring 2007.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Alma Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 184688036X
• ISBN 13: 9781846880360
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 284
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible