Synopsis
Twenty two year old Horace Littlefair, an innocent abroad, launches himself into the world of local papers. But, underprepared and overdressed, he is plunged instead into a turbulent world of drugs, Scrabble and political intrigue. Threatened by disaster, and aidedby several unlikely friendships, Horace struggles to adapt, falls in love, and uncovers the sinister motives behind Barnaby Colefax's campaign to save the urban fox.
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Présentation de l'éditeur
Horace Littlefair, resident of the rural English village of Great Much, has decided to make his way to London, accepting a job at an obscure newspaper owned by his great-uncle on the south side of the Thames. Upon arrival in town, and dressed in his grandfather's walking breeches and three-quarter-length tweed coat, Horace is promptly cheated by a cabdriver and spends his first night sleeping on a park bench. Thus begins Horace's adventures in his new surroundings. Inept at reporting, he rambles through the obstacles of his new life, encountering a group of eccentric characters who become his new family in London, and with whom he has some very unusual adventures while he endeavors to get the scoop behind the campaign to save the urban fox. Sharply funny and clearly drawn, A Stranger in the Earth is a brilliant comic debut from a bright new talent with an acutely observant eye and a warm heart.
Revue de presse
"A sad and loving testament to human frailty and human hope.-San Francisco Chronicle
"Andrew O'Hagan proves himself an original prose stylist, a lord of the language worthy of a place alongside his cantankerous and talented Scottish contemporaries: James Kelman, Alan Warner, Irvine Welsh...Incantatory."-The Wall Street Journal
"The characters ring so true you'd think they were indeed alive...A dark, engaging novel."-The Denver Post
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