The Fire Gospel by Michel Faber
The long-awaited new novel from the bestselling author of The Crimson Petal and the White
The most enjoyable novel I've read all year* * Independent on Sunday on 'Crimson Petal' * *
Irresistibly readable. * * Sunday Times on 'Crimson Petal' * *
An intensely imaginative time-travel experience. * * Independent on 'Crimson Petal' * *
A real triumph. This is a man who would give Conrad a run at writing the perfect sentence. * * Guardian on 'Under the Skin' * *
Faber's writing is chaste, dryly humorous and resolutely moral ... A remarkable novel. * * New York Times on 'Under the Skin' * *
A pacy book-world satire. -- Naomi West * * Harper's Bazaar * *
Sharply satirical. -- Tom Gatti * * The Times * *
The Fire Gospel is an entertaining story, with a vein of playful symbolism running throughout . . . a provocative little volume with a strong element of knowing humour. -- Henry Hitchings * * Financial Times * *
Faber is flexing his literary and academic muscles here, but covering everything in easy to digest, page-turning and often very funny prose. ... Definitely proof that one of our most entertaining and original authors has risen again. -- Claire Sawers * * The List * *
Startling. ...What he did for the Victorian novel in The Crimson Petal and the White - rethinking and recasting it - Faber now does for the best-selling books du jour. The Da Vinci Code with gags - and bile. -- Ian Sansom * * Guardian * *
A lean, controlled, instantly engrossing book. -- Lisa Mullen * * Time Out * *
Irresistibly readable. * * Sunday Times on 'Crimson Petal' * *
An intensely imaginative time-travel experience. * * Independent on 'Crimson Petal' * *
A real triumph. This is a man who would give Conrad a run at writing the perfect sentence. * * Guardian on 'Under the Skin' * *
Faber's writing is chaste, dryly humorous and resolutely moral ... A remarkable novel. * * New York Times on 'Under the Skin' * *
A pacy book-world satire. -- Naomi West * * Harper's Bazaar * *
Sharply satirical. -- Tom Gatti * * The Times * *
The Fire Gospel is an entertaining story, with a vein of playful symbolism running throughout . . . a provocative little volume with a strong element of knowing humour. -- Henry Hitchings * * Financial Times * *
Faber is flexing his literary and academic muscles here, but covering everything in easy to digest, page-turning and often very funny prose. ... Definitely proof that one of our most entertaining and original authors has risen again. -- Claire Sawers * * The List * *
Startling. ...What he did for the Victorian novel in The Crimson Petal and the White - rethinking and recasting it - Faber now does for the best-selling books du jour. The Da Vinci Code with gags - and bile. -- Ian Sansom * * Guardian * *
A lean, controlled, instantly engrossing book. -- Lisa Mullen * * Time Out * *
MICHEL FABER has written seven other books, including the highly acclaimed The Crimson Petal and the White, The Fahrenheit Twins and the Whitbread-shortlisted novel Under the Skin. The Apple, based on characters in The Crimson Petal and the White, was published in 2006. He has also written two novellas, The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps (2001) and The Courage Consort (2002), and has won several short-story awards, including the Neil Gunn, Ian St James and Macallan. Born in Holland, brought up in Australia, he now lives in the Scottish Highlands.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847672780 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847672787 |
| Title | The Fire Gospel |
| Author | Michel Faber |
| Series | Myths |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2008-11-06 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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