What I Did by Christopher Wakling
A boy runs across a busy road. His father catches him and smacks him. A passer-by looks on. This is what happens next.
Gripping, hilarious and tender, this is, without doubt, one of the books of the year * Daily Mail *
The novel brilliantly captures parent-child relations in the raw and the emotions that even the most experienced social worker can't tame * Independent *
An amusing and unsettling story * Saturday Guardian *
This is family life at its most believable: warm and messy, bored and ragingWHAT I DID is every parent's nightmare, but will make you burst out laughing too. I loved it. * Emma Donoghue, author of ROOM *
I loved it! Staggeringly good. Terrifyingly good * Lisa Jewell *
Hugely impressive, gripping, funny and thought provoking * Emily Barr *
Excellent . . . Dark but uplifting * Alex Preston *
[A] fine, challenging novel * Mail on Sunday *
The novel brilliantly captures parent-child relations in the raw and the emotions that even the most experienced social worker can't tame * Independent *
An amusing and unsettling story * Saturday Guardian *
This is family life at its most believable: warm and messy, bored and ragingWHAT I DID is every parent's nightmare, but will make you burst out laughing too. I loved it. * Emma Donoghue, author of ROOM *
I loved it! Staggeringly good. Terrifyingly good * Lisa Jewell *
Hugely impressive, gripping, funny and thought provoking * Emily Barr *
Excellent . . . Dark but uplifting * Alex Preston *
[A] fine, challenging novel * Mail on Sunday *
Christopher Wakling has worked as a teacher, lawyer and travel writer. Educated at Oxford, he now lives in Bristol with his wife and children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780719569098 |
| ISBN 10 | 0719569095 |
| Titel | What I Did |
| Autor | Christopher Wakling |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | John Murray Press |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2012-01-19 |
| Seitenanzahl | 288 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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