Trading Futures by Jim Powell
The brilliantly observed and very witty story of one man's unravelling.
With his gallows humour and observational wit, Jim Powell gives us a vivid portrait of a man in meltdown* Daily Mail *
[Trading Futures] has a Reginald Perrin charm about it and an unexpected twist in the tail, but it stays affably bleak to the end. * Sunday Times *
What starts as a light and droll Reggie Perrin-style novel about the fall of a middle-aged everyman, a "perfect makeweight in an identity parade", becomes surprisingly dark and intense. We see the crack-up through Matthew's eyes, which also allows for some wittily caustic observations about modern living. * The Times *
Powell is very good on the sense of lost youth, nostalgia and what might have been . . . This is a novel that is at once honest and cautionary. * Financial Times *
Between rasping comedy and gentle melancholy, Jim Powell excels in evoking those liberating moments where the course of a whole life can change. * Le Figaro *
[Trading Futures] has a Reginald Perrin charm about it and an unexpected twist in the tail, but it stays affably bleak to the end. * Sunday Times *
What starts as a light and droll Reggie Perrin-style novel about the fall of a middle-aged everyman, a "perfect makeweight in an identity parade", becomes surprisingly dark and intense. We see the crack-up through Matthew's eyes, which also allows for some wittily caustic observations about modern living. * The Times *
Powell is very good on the sense of lost youth, nostalgia and what might have been . . . This is a novel that is at once honest and cautionary. * Financial Times *
Between rasping comedy and gentle melancholy, Jim Powell excels in evoking those liberating moments where the course of a whole life can change. * Le Figaro *
Jim Powell was born in London in 1949. He is the author of The Breaking of Eggs, Trading Futures and Things We Nearly Knew, and was named by BBC2's 'The Culture Show' among '12 of The Best New Novelists' in 2011. He is currently studying for a PhD at the University of Liverpool and, with his wife Kay, divides his time between Cambridgeshire, England, and the Tarn, France.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781509806423 |
| ISBN 10 | 1509806423 |
| Title | Trading Futures |
| Author | Jim Powell |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2016-03-10 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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