Eating Air by Pauline Melville
What could a ballerina, an anarchist, an Islamic terrorist and a banker possibly have in common? Our narrator, the enigmatic, piano-playing, rum drinking, Baron S knows. And he's ready to tell. Moving between the seventies and the present-day, between London, Italy and Surinam, Pauline Melville marshals a brilliant cast of characters to tell an explosive tale of greed, passion and revolutionary ideals.
'Shocking and originalOne of the few novels about terrorism - that may transcend their time.' Heather McRobie, New Statesman 'A fiendishly clever novel - Brilliantly funny and sharp.' Kate Saunders, Times 'A virtuoso performance.' Stevie Davies, The Independent 'Compelling.' Lavinia Greenlaw, The Financial Times '[Has] a wild energy that demands attention.' Hermione Lee, Guardian
Film and TV actress Pauline Melville burst onto the literary scene in the early nineties with a short story collection, Shape-shifter, which won the Guardian Fiction Prize, the Macmillan Silver Pen Award and a Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Pauline's first novel, The Ventriloquist's Tale won the Whitbread First Novel Award, was shortlisted for the Orange Prize. She lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781846590818 |
| ISBN 10 | 1846590817 |
| Title | Eating Air |
| Author | Pauline Melville |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Saqi Books |
| Year published | 2010-05-06 |
| Number of pages | 408 |
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