Everything You Need by Al Kennedy

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Everything You Need by Al Kennedy

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Nathan Staples is consumed by loathing and love in roughly equal measures. When Nathan contrives to have Mary invited to the island where he lives in retreat, he sets in motion the possiblity of telling her he is her father, and becoming whole and complete and alive again.

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Everything You Need by Al Kennedy

Nathan Staples is consumed by loathing and love in roughly equal measures. Frustrated by his life and the way he lives it, he is sustained only by his passionate devotion for his estranged wife and their teenage daughter, Mary. When Nathan contrives to have Mary invited to the island where he lives in retreat, he sets in motion the possiblity of telling her he is her father, and becoming whole and complete and alive again.
Full of the wittiest and most profound writing by one of the most accomplished authors in the UK-- Debbie Taylor * Culture (Newcastle Journal) *
Magnificent. A wonderful and highly distinctive book * Sunday Tribune *
Kennedy has an exceptional gift for empathy and insight * Scotland on Sunday *
Completely wonderful. Grimly funny, wonderfully wise and ravishingly written * Glasgow Herald *
A. L. Kennedy has twice been selected as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists and has won a host of other awards – including the Costa Book of the Year for her novel Day. She lives in Essex.
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ISBN 13 9780099730613
ISBN 10 0099730618
Title Everything You Need
Author A L Kennedy
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 2000-05-04
Number of pages 576
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.