"'Quite simply, astonishing.' Observer"

One of the most acclaimed novels of recent times, The Underground Man is the fictionalised diary of a deeply eccentric English aristocrat.

The duke has just completed a network of tunnels beneath his estate. His health is failing, but his imagination seems to know no bounds. And while he spends more time underground and retreats ever deeper into the darker corners of his house there are some ghosts that demand to be acknowledged and some memories which insist on making themselves known.

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<p>One of the most acclaimed novels of recent times, <b>The Underground Man</b> is the fictionalised diary of a deeply eccentric English aristocrat.</p>
<p><b>For the first time on the Faber list, Mick Jackson's brilliant debut novel <i>The Underground Man</i>, shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1997.<br /></b></p>

Product details

ISBN
9780571236299
Published
2007-08-02
Publisher
Vendor
Faber & Faber
Weight
210 gr
Height
197 mm
Width
120 mm
Thickness
15 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
272

Author

Biographical note

Mick Jackson is the prize winning author of the novels, The Underground Man, Five Boys and The Widow's Tale. He also published, with the illustrator David Roberts, two acclaimed curiosities, Ten Sorry Tales and Bears of England. His latest novel is Yuki Chan in Bronte Country.