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Dog's Life

Holroyd, Michael
Heftet / 2015 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781848665248
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
MacLehose Press
Vekt
168 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
133 mm
Dybde
16 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
240

Forfatter
Holroyd, Michael

Om bidragsyterne

Michael Holroyd was born in 1935, and educated at Eton and the Maidenhead Public Library. His biographies of Hugh Kingsmill, Lytton Strachey, Augustus John and Bernard Shaw have established him as one of the most influential biographers of modern times. He was awarded the CBE in 1989 and was knighted in 2007. He is married to novelist Margaret Drabble and lives in London and Somerset.

Dog's Life

Holroyd, Michael
Heftet / 2015 / Engelsk
Holroyd, Michael
Heftet / 2015 / Engelsk
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Full of languorous charm and mischievous humour

- Gerard Woodward, TLS

Michael Holroyd has a great novelist's sense of the obstinate mystery of the human person

- George Steiner, The New Yorker

A deft portrait of dysfunctional family life

Mail on Sunday

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Anything by Michael Holroyd is always a treat

- Katy Guest, Independent on Sunday

A beautifully wrought comedy with shades of P.G. Wodehouse and William Gerhardie

- Kate Saunders, The Times

A darkly comic portrait of his own dysfunctional family

- Piers Plowright, Islington Tribune

Michael Holroyd has a great novelist's sense of the obstinate mystery of the human person

The New Yorker

Eustace is undisputed patriarch of the Farquhar family. That is, he would be if everyone stopped mumbling, let him get on with his shaving and find his way downstairs. It's not Henry's fault that he snores and that his marriage has collapsed. Or that he failed to get into the cricket team. But he has made up for it and is now a faster motorist than ever he was bowler. He is a good father too and one day, when he wakes up from day-dreaming, his son Kenneth will thank him. It is good that Anne sleeps with a whistle in her mouth - how else could she terrify the burglars? As for Mathilda she would love to like her mother, but prefers going for long walks with the dog. But what will happen to them all if the dog dies? A devastating postscript follows the story. Placing this eccentric family in isolation after two world wars and at the beginning of our aggressive financial culture, it turns comedy into tragedy. This novel brings a very personal addition to the biographer's remarkable career.
Les mer
A confessional autobiographical novel from one of Britain's best loved authors.
Full of languorous charm and mischievous humour
Michael Holroyd has a great novelist's sense of the obstinate mystery of the human person - The New YorkerFull of languorous charm and mischievous humour - TLSMichael Holroyd has a great novelist's sense of the obstinate mystery of the human person - The New YorkerA brilliant writer blessed with prefect pitch - Mail on Sunday
Les mer

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Full of languorous charm and mischievous humour

- Gerard Woodward, TLS

Michael Holroyd has a great novelist's sense of the obstinate mystery of the human person

- George Steiner, The New Yorker

A deft portrait of dysfunctional family life

Mail on Sunday

Se alle

Anything by Michael Holroyd is always a treat

- Katy Guest, Independent on Sunday

A beautifully wrought comedy with shades of P.G. Wodehouse and William Gerhardie

- Kate Saunders, The Times

A darkly comic portrait of his own dysfunctional family

- Piers Plowright, Islington Tribune

Michael Holroyd has a great novelist's sense of the obstinate mystery of the human person

The New Yorker

Eustace is undisputed patriarch of the Farquhar family. That is, he would be if everyone stopped mumbling, let him get on with his shaving and find his way downstairs. It's not Henry's fault that he snores and that his marriage has collapsed. Or that he failed to get into the cricket team. But he has made up for it and is now a faster motorist than ever he was bowler. He is a good father too and one day, when he wakes up from day-dreaming, his son Kenneth will thank him. It is good that Anne sleeps with a whistle in her mouth - how else could she terrify the burglars? As for Mathilda she would love to like her mother, but prefers going for long walks with the dog. But what will happen to them all if the dog dies? A devastating postscript follows the story. Placing this eccentric family in isolation after two world wars and at the beginning of our aggressive financial culture, it turns comedy into tragedy. This novel brings a very personal addition to the biographer's remarkable career.
Les mer
A confessional autobiographical novel from one of Britain's best loved authors.
Full of languorous charm and mischievous humour
Michael Holroyd has a great novelist's sense of the obstinate mystery of the human person - The New YorkerFull of languorous charm and mischievous humour - TLSMichael Holroyd has a great novelist's sense of the obstinate mystery of the human person - The New YorkerA brilliant writer blessed with prefect pitch - Mail on Sunday
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781848665248
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
MacLehose Press
Vekt
168 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
133 mm
Dybde
16 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
240

Forfatter
Holroyd, Michael

Om bidragsyterne

Michael Holroyd was born in 1935, and educated at Eton and the Maidenhead Public Library. His biographies of Hugh Kingsmill, Lytton Strachey, Augustus John and Bernard Shaw have established him as one of the most influential biographers of modern times. He was awarded the CBE in 1989 and was knighted in 2007. He is married to novelist Margaret Drabble and lives in London and Somerset.

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