Original, very <b>funny </b>and very poignant. <b>Read it!</b>

Paul Torday, author of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen on Terms & Conditions

It’s wonderful. <b>Funny</b>, <b>poignant</b>, <b>simple </b>and <b>profound </b>– it’s the kind of book I absolutely love. And it has the best ending I’ve read in a very long time

Gavin Extence, author of The Universe Versus Alex Woods on Terms & Conditions

This great debut feels <b>fresh </b>and <b>playful</b>, and exceptionally readable (footnotes have never been so <b>addictive</b>). It also has stuff to say about life, too, and the importance of seeing the big picture – and the small print. Every book seems to have "funny and life-affirming" written on it but <b>this one actually is</b>

Matt Haig, author of The Humans on Terms & Conditions

Se alle

A <b>deliciously </b>cynical story

Independent on Sunday on Terms & Conditions

Hilarious

Sun on Terms & Conditions

A gripping and beautifully observed novel of power, corruption and innocence from the author of Terms & Conditions

Charlie, a curious boy with a dangerous Dictaphone habit, eavesdrops on the eccentric guests of the Mirage Hotel, as the African nation of Bwalo prepares for the annual appearance of its Glorious Leader Tafumo.

Sean, who’s given his heart (and the best part of his liver) to Bwalo, struggles to write the great African novel – if only his crazed fiancée would stop distracting him.

Josef, kingmaker and mythmaker, starts to hear the ominous rattle of skeletons in his closet.

Hope, the nurse caring for the King, keeps the old man alive as she mourns her own broken dreams.

And storm clouds gather as petty criminal, Jack, smuggles something into Bwalo – to the Mirage Hotel – that will change the lives of all of them for ever…

Les mer
A gripping and beautifully observed novel of power, corruption and innocence from the author of Terms & Conditions
In the vein of William Boyd, Graham Greene and Giles Foden, Please do Not Disturb draws on Robert Glancy's own childhood in Malawi (under the presidency of Hastings Banda)

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781408866320
Publisert
2017-03-09
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Vekt
240 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
304

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Robert Glancy was born in Zambia and raised in Malawi. At fourteen he moved from Africa to Edinburgh then went on to study history at Cambridge. His first novel, Terms & Conditions, was published by Bloomsbury in 2014 to critical acclaim. He has recently been awarded the Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship in New Zealand, where he currently lives with his wife and children.

@RobertGlancy