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Dexter, Gary

 
9781908699183: All the Materials for a Midnight Feast
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1908699183 ISBN 13 : 9781908699183
Editeur : Old Street Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

A story of love, nuclear terror, the 1980s . . . and Philip Larkin
Born at the very height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Nicholas has lived his life in terror of atomic meltdown. Now, on the eve of his 48th birthday, he is on an overnight coach ride to join an anti-nuclear rally at Faslane in Scotland.
His fellow travellers remind him of his younger self at Hull University in the 1980s. As the coach rolls through the night, the floodgates of memory open, and Nicholas begins to scrawl episodes from his past into a notebook. From these memories -- sometimes poignant, sometimes comic, and often involving Philip Larkin -- a picture soon emerges: of a devastating first love, and a fragile mind struggling to stay sane in a world that seems headed for annihilation.
Dexter's tragi-comic tour de force will be adored by anyone who has ever asked themselves: am I crazy, or is everyone else?

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A story of love, nuclear terror, the 1980s . . . and Philip Larkin
Born at the very height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Nicholas has lived his life in terror of atomic meltdown. Now, on the eve of his 48th birthday, he is on an overnight coach ride to join an anti-nuclear rally at Faslane in Scotland.
His fellow travellers remind him of his younger self at Hull University in the 1980s. As the coach rolls through the night, the floodgates of memory open, and Nicholas begins to scrawl episodes from his past into a notebook. From these memories -- sometimes poignant, sometimes comic, and often involving Philip Larkin -- a picture soon emerges: of a devastating first love, and a fragile mind struggling to stay sane in a world that seems headed for annihilation.
Dexter's tragi-comic tour de force will be adored by anyone who has ever asked themselves: am I crazy, or is everyone else?

Revue de presse

'A beautifully crafted work of fiction, graduating from a low-key opening into a real page-turner . . . Dexter couldn t write a phoney sentence if he tried . . . One of the year's most impressive debuts'
Sunday Telegraph

'Sharply observed . . . Readers will savour this embarrassment of riches'
Daily Mail

'Sheer comic genius'
Michael Bywater

'Dexter's gift is not only to uncover the stories behind the titles, but actually to shed light on the mysteries of literary creation.'
Guardian --...

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Éditeur
Old Street Publishing
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1908699183
ISBN 13 
9781908699183
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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