Spring

David Szalay

ISBN 10: 0099552779 / ISBN 13: 9780099552772

Edité par Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2012

A brilliant novel about money and love and betting everything on a single throw - from the Booker-shortlisted author of All That Man Is James and Katherine meet at a wedding in London in 2006, towards the end of the money-for-nothing years. James is a man with a varied past now living alone in a flat in Bloomsbury; Katherine is separated from her husband and working in an interim job in a luxury hotel. They exchange phone numbers at the wedding, but from then on not much goes according to the script. 'A writer with the whole range of talents' Sunday Times 'Devastatingly powerful. extremely funny, in that understated, unexpected way' Independent on Sunday 'A sharp, truthful, funny portrait of contemporary manners that is also unexpectedly moving' The Times. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. N° de réf. du vendeur GOR003578935

Synopsis :

James and Katherine meet at a wedding in London in 2006, towards the end of the money-for-nothing years. James is a man with a varied past now living alone in a flat in Bloomsbury; Katherine is separated from her husband and working in an interim job in a luxury hotel. They exchange phone numbers at the wedding, but from then on not much goes according to the script...

À propos de l?auteur: David Szalay is the author of four previous works of fiction: Spring, The Innocent, London and the South-East, for which he was awarded the Betty Trask and Geoffrey Faber Memorial prizes, and All That Man Is, for which he was awarded the Gordon Burn prize and Plimpton Prize for Fiction, and shortlisted for the Man Booker prize. Born in Canada, he grew up in London, and now lives in Budapest.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Spring
Éditeur : Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London
Date d'édition : 2012
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Very Good