No Bones by Anna Burns

No Bones by Anna Burns

This novel tracks the tragi-comic fortunes of the Lovett family of Belfast - the violent father; the shrewdly-mad mother; malevolent Mick; and dreamy Amelia who records their antics over the years, centring around fights, school, kickings, and the IRA and the RUC vying for Most Inept Police title.

'Not only hilarious but also terribly tragic and awful and human and wonderful… No Bones is the best book I've read for agesThe world Burns creates is utterly convincing and surreal at the same time. I love the writing, the way she rolls the words around… No Bones is absolutely fantastic, and explores really exciting territory… the tone and timbre of the novel feel quite different to anything I've read before.' Julia Darling

'A chilling recognition that most survived the Troubles intact but some people will never be the same again…This account of a girl's life growing up in Belfast during the Troubles, which examines madness and sanity and questions our interpretation of both, is scary. Scarily well written, too… No Bones tears chunks out of our Peace Process comfort blankets. For it questions how a peaceful, mundane existence can be superimposed on a society inured over decades to violence.' Martina Devlin, Irish Independent

`Not only hilarious but also terribly tragic and awful and human and wonderful … No Bones is absolutely fantastic, quite different from anything I’ve read before’ Julia Darling, author of Crocodile Tears

anna burns was born in Belfast in 1962. She moved to London in 1987. This is her first book.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780002261807
ISBN 10	0002261804
Title	No Bones
Author	Anna Burns
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2001-06-18
Number of pages	336
Prizes	Short-listed for Orange Prize for Fiction 2002
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.