The House of Marvellous Books by Fiona Vigo Marshall
Tucked away in a near-derelict library in the centre of London, The House of Marvellous Books is a publishing house on the brink of financial disaster. A young junior editor charts the descent of the House in his logbook as it lurches from one failure to the next. A laugh-out-loud ode to the publishing industry.
'A joyride of a novel ripe with delightful irony and a flurry of colourful charactersIt will have its readers smiling throughout' –Jac Shreeves-Lee, author of Broadwater
'A book full of funny lines, set pieces and memorable characters - Fiona Vigo Marshall's bookish jeu d'esprit is hugely entertaining' -Gill Darling, author of Erringby
'A must-read, rib-tickling, uproarious satire' –Peter Tyler, Emeritus Professor of Community Psychiatry and Consultant in Transformation Psychiatry, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
'Amusing satire of the publishing industry' –The Independent
'a hilarious and charming must-read for anyone who loves books - it deserves to be a massive word-of-mouth bestseller' –Red Magazine
'This is a must-read for anyone who loves books' –Sarra Manning, author of Rescue Me
'A book full of funny lines, set pieces and memorable characters - Fiona Vigo Marshall's bookish jeu d'esprit is hugely entertaining' -Gill Darling, author of Erringby
'A must-read, rib-tickling, uproarious satire' –Peter Tyler, Emeritus Professor of Community Psychiatry and Consultant in Transformation Psychiatry, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
'Amusing satire of the publishing industry' –The Independent
'a hilarious and charming must-read for anyone who loves books - it deserves to be a massive word-of-mouth bestseller' –Red Magazine
'This is a must-read for anyone who loves books' –Sarra Manning, author of Rescue Me
After a stint as a journalist in Mexico City, Fiona Vigo Marshall combined a long career within the publishing industry in London with writing literature.
Her short stories and poems have been nominated for numerous awards, including the V. S. Pritchett Memorial Prize, which she won in 2016 with her short story The Street of Baths. She was a finalist for the Reeds in the Wind International Literary Prize 2021 and her work has appeared in Prospect, Ambit, The Royal Society of Literature Review, Orbis International Literary Journal, The London Journal of Fiction and many other publications.
Her debut novel Find Me Falling, published by Fairlight Books in 2019, was shortlisted for the Paul Torday Memorial Prize 2020.
The House of Marvellous Books is her second novel.
Fiona was born in London and educated at Somerville College, Oxford.
Her short stories and poems have been nominated for numerous awards, including the V. S. Pritchett Memorial Prize, which she won in 2016 with her short story The Street of Baths. She was a finalist for the Reeds in the Wind International Literary Prize 2021 and her work has appeared in Prospect, Ambit, The Royal Society of Literature Review, Orbis International Literary Journal, The London Journal of Fiction and many other publications.
Her debut novel Find Me Falling, published by Fairlight Books in 2019, was shortlisted for the Paul Torday Memorial Prize 2020.
The House of Marvellous Books is her second novel.
Fiona was born in London and educated at Somerville College, Oxford.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781914148231 |
| ISBN 10 | 1914148231 |
| Title | The House of Marvellous Books |
| Author | Fiona Vigo Marshall |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Fairlight Books |
| Year published | 2023-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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