Forbidden Line - Couverture souple

Stanbridge, Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1910296716 ISBN 13 : 9781910296714

Editeur : Galley Beggar Press, 2016

Synopsis

The Forbidden Line is a monster. It's fat, uncompromising and gloriously eccentric. Which is as it should be - since it's a retelling of Don Quixote combined with a recreation of the Peasant's Revolt; a gleeful hybrid of science, pseudo-science, absurd theory and profound, ingenious philosophy.

Don and Is career around Essex and London, tilting at windmills, abusing petrol station assistants, fighting with each other and everyone around them. They are on a quest - as far as Don is concerned - to reveal the truth about history (or the lack of truth) and to uncover the secrets of the hyperfine transition of hydrogen... But Is - like most of us - isn't really sure what Don is talking about. And all he really wants to do is get through to the next day - and back to his family. Both of which turn into extremely tricky propositions, as Don takes him ever deeper into danger, and the very structure of reality (as well as the narrative of The Forbidden Line itself) begins to turn against them both....

The Forbidden Line is a challenging, dazzling intellectual achievement. It's also book about love and companionship, a novel simultaneously touching and hilarious. Above everything else, it's a pleasure to read - even if it also makes you feel like you're on a careering train, with all the stops and destinations rubbed off, and no idea where you're heading...

There's never been a book quite like The Forbidden Line. Never been anything close.

**Winner or the 2017 Inaugural Republic of Consciousness Prize for Best First Novel**

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Paul Stanbridge grew up in Essex. He has worked as a pensions administrator, bookseller, receptionist, waiter, archival catalogue editor, chef, barman, ministerial drafter, learning mentor and builder. He has also written a doctoral thesis examining creative method in literary modernism and divides his working time between music and writing. Forbidden Line is his first novel.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Galley Beggar Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1910296716
• ISBN 13: 9781910296714
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 620
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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