Her Name Was Lola by Russell Hoban

Her Name Was Lola by Russell Hoban

Regular price
Checking stock...
Regular price
Checking stock...
Summary

Russell Hoban's latest eccentric and charming tale of love and art

The feel-good place to buy books
  • Free US shipping over $15
  • Buying preloved emits 41% less CO2 than new
  • Millions of affordable books
  • Give your books a new home - sell them back to us!

Her Name Was Lola by Russell Hoban

'This is it ...this is my destiny woman,' Max blurted out when he first met Lola at the Coliseum shop. Not only was she aristocratic and wild at heart, but the two discovered an uncanny convergence of musical tastes. Soon they were converging at every level - Lola filling Max's emptiness and vice versa. But Max had also always craved the recognition of another sort of woman, the sort who had been Homecoming Queen at her high school - just as the tempting Lula Mae Flowers had been back in Texas. Why did Max have to meet Lula Mae just when he'd found his destiny woman in Lola? And if Lola embodied everything Max longed for, how could there be anything left over for Texan ex-Homecoming Queens?
'Hoban's writing is always a delight -exhilarating and inventive a treat to read' Daily Mail 'This novel has great charm and grace and the sense of master playfully at work' New Statesmen 'There are 75 chapters in this short novelThey are almost like haiku, each evoking a mood, a taste or a recollection, developing repeated themes of memory and desire, form and emptiness It is tougher, stranger and cleverer than whimsy. Hoban writes wonderfully' Sunday Times 'The writing is crisp, the dialogue sharp and offbeat' The Times
Russell Hoban is the author of many extraordinary novels including Turtle Diary, Riddley Walker, Amaryllis Night and Day and The Bat Tattoo. He has also written some classic books for children including The Mouse and His Child and the Frances books. He lives in London.
SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780747568377
ISBN 10 0747568375
Title Her Name Was Lola
Author Russell Hoban
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2004-11-15
Number of pages 224
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.