The Breezes by Joseph O'neill
A brilliant and darkly comic novel from the Man Booker Prize longlisted author of Netherland.‘What is the correct response to random tragedy? This dilemma is at the heart of Joseph O’Neill’s fine second novel … O’Neill’s considerable achievement is to render all these disasters at once deeply affecting and extremely funny … This is a novel about losers forced to become winners, and it works’ Guardian
‘Using wonderfully extravagant prose, both lyrical and earthy, O’Neill pulls off that rare thing - poignant farce’ Observer
‘Impressively, O’Neill handles tragedy and farce with equal aplomb … the book ends with an optimism as irresistible as it is hard won’ Independent on Sunday
‘A hilarious chronicle of life’s crappiness … O’Neill captures our peculiar mannerisms and shifting moods with style and precision, and his depictions of the moments when hilarity drifts into hysteria are always brilliant’ TLS
Joseph O’Neill is an Irish barrister living in New York. He is the author of two other novels, ‘Netherland’, which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and ‘This is the Life’, and a memoir, ‘Blood-Dark Track’.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007309238 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007309236 |
| Title | The Breezes |
| Author | Joseph O'neill |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2009-04-30 |
| Number of pages | 204 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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