A superb, haunting novel from a new literary talent

Daily Mail

An exceptional, polyphonic novel

The Guardian

Contemporary literary prose at its finest

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Sad, funny and full of charm - a delight

Gail Honeyman, author of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

CHOSEN BY GAIL HONEYMAN ON BBC RADIO 4 A GOOD READ 'Sad, funny and full of charm - a delight' Gail Honeyman, author of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE AND THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD A lost little girl with her notebook and toy monkey appears on the CCTV screens of the Green Oaks shopping centre, evoking memories of junior detective Kate Meaney, missing for 20 years. Kurt, a security guard with a sleep disorder, and Lisa, a disenchanted deputy manager at Your Music, follow her through the centre's endless corridors - welcome relief from the tedium of their lives. But as this after-hours friendship grows in intensity, it brings new loss and new longing to light.
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Wonderful new package of a prize-winning modern classic
'He never expected to see anything on the CCTV. No one ever did on the night shift.' Catherine O'Flynn's heartbreaking first novel is a haunting story of Britain in the 21st century.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781906994259
Publisert
2011-10-21
Utgiver
Vendor
Tindal Street Press
Vekt
183 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
18 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
256

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Catherine O'Flynn was born in Birmingham in 1970, where she grew up in and around her parents' sweet shop as the youngest child of a large family. She has been a teacher, web editor, mystery customer and postwoman. What Was Lost won the Costa First Novel Award 2007 and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and longlisted for the Orange and Man Booker prizes. She is the author of two further novels - The News From Where You Are and Mr Lynch's Holiday.