Max Gate by Damien Wilkins
Who owns us when we're gone? Thomas Hardy's friends and family fight over his legacy (and mortal remains).
Fiction finalist 2014 New Zealand Post Book Awards 'Max Gate is superbly attuned to that tremulous moment just before everything changes forever – the Hardy household, the known world of domestic servitude and dutiful womenDamien Wilkins, who writes fabulous prose, is a wise and imaginative guide to this fascinating terrain. He has created that wondrous thing, a novel that surprises and delights at every turn' Michelle de Kretser Lyrical ... beautifully crafted ... As Hardy is lauded as one of the finest English writers, Wilkins is one of New Zealand's great wordsmiths' New Zealand Herald Praise for Damien Wilkins: 'Mr. Wilkins can command a breathtakingly supple literary style' New York Times 'Remarkable talent for setting scenes and sketching characters ... a tour de force display of a deep and abiding literary gift and marks Wilkins as a young novelist of extraordinary promise' Publishers Weekly 'A witty and sentient writer' LA Times
Damien Wilkins is the author of eight books, including The Fainter, Tiny Masters, and The Miserables, and is a writer, editor, and poet. From 1988 through 2004, he was the editor of Great Sports Moments: The Best of Sport Magazine.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781910709139 |
| ISBN 10 | 1910709131 |
| Title | Max Gate |
| Author | Damien Wilkins |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Gallic Books |
| Year published | 2016-07-28 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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