Jott by Sam Thompson
The second novel from the author of the Man Booker-longlisted Communion Town
A shrewd portrait of a particular kind of male friendship, simultaneously intense and incomplete * Mail on Sunday *
A complex, nuanced literary novel of extraordinary perception * Herald *
Engaging * Irish Times *
It's a rare treat to read a novel that pulls you into its world so quickly and deeplyThe characters and their interrelationships are unfolded with mesmerizing precision * Chris Arthur *
The flowing narrative and nuances of everyday life, paralleled with failure and triumph, is reminiscent of James Joyce * Lady *
A fresh and supple portrait of an era in flux . . . expertly done * Guardian *
A touching and thoughtful portrait * TLS *
A complex, nuanced literary novel of extraordinary perception * Herald *
Engaging * Irish Times *
It's a rare treat to read a novel that pulls you into its world so quickly and deeplyThe characters and their interrelationships are unfolded with mesmerizing precision * Chris Arthur *
The flowing narrative and nuances of everyday life, paralleled with failure and triumph, is reminiscent of James Joyce * Lady *
A fresh and supple portrait of an era in flux . . . expertly done * Guardian *
In Jott [Thompson] shows another simpler life where one focuses on helping others and on developing relationships rather than on the self-absorbed perspective of the struggling writer . . . it is in the depiction of Beckett as Louis where this story comes most alive
* Irish Examiner *A touching and thoughtful portrait * TLS *
Sam Thompson was born in 1978. His first novel, Communion Town, was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2012. Jott is his second novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781473675056 |
| ISBN 10 | 1473675057 |
| Title | Jott |
| Author | Sam Thompson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Murray Press |
| Year published | 2018-06-14 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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