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Steven Boykey Sidley

 
9781910369135: Imperfect Solo

Synopsis

Meyer is filled with dread. His fading musical aspirations, his tyrannical CEO, his ex-wives, his exiting girlfriend, his ageing father, his beloved and troublesome children and his confused and bewildered life all bear witness to the sky that he is convinced will soon fall on his head.

And then it does... This is the story of a man adrift in anxiety, ill-fortune and comic mishap, buffeted by both the existential and prosaic concerns that modern life in Los Angeles inflicts. Forty years old, caught in the netherworld between the reckless optimism of youth and the resignation of age, Meyer tries to find handrails and ballast. Funny, intellectually probing and poignant, the story follows the flailing and hapless Meyer seeking hope and redemption as his world unravels around him.

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À propos de l'auteur

Award-winning and multi-shortlisted novelist Steven Boykey Sidley was once a software engineer and can often be seen playing saxophone in bands around town. He lived most of his adult life in the Hollywood depicted in this book. He currently lives in Johannesburg with his wife, Kate, and their two children. His first novel, Entanglement won the UJ Debut Fiction Award and was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Fiction Prize and MNet Literary Award in South Africa. His second novel, Stepping Out was shortlisted for the UJ Main Fiction Award. Imperfect Solo is his third novel. So far it has been longlisted for the Sunday Times Fiction Prize in South Africa and selected for Le Grand Livre du Mois, France's most prestigious national literary book club.

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