The Mammoth Cheese by Sheri Holman
A warm, wonderfully crafted, page-turning novel about life, love and a 1,235-pound cheese 'An engaging multidimensional tale ... Sheri Holman is a gifted writer' ANITA SHREVE
US reviews for The Mammoth Cheese by Sheri Holman * `An engaging, multidimensional tale … [Sheri Holman is] a gifted writer’ Anita Shreve, Atlantic Monthly *
Lovely and disarming..the storyline is droll but the book is also tough, sad and surprisingly sweet' New York Times Book Review * `Like the 1,200-pound cheese of the title, Sheri Holman’s novel is a big, ambitious enterprise. Unlike many such enterprises - though again like the cheese - it possesses, page by page, or bite by bite if you prefer, an intense, refined and lingering flav *
Profoundly moving ... Holman has fashioned a tale that is poignant and powerful and, like an award-winning cheese, surprisingly complex' Washington Post * `Holman’s novel is brilliant, the characters deeply rendered, the philosophic underpinning astute, the touch sure …Holman is one of those novelists whose world you trust completely. She’s as adept as Barbara Kingsolver at tracing the political and intelle *
Flawlessly plotted ... so satisfying' Atlanta Journal * `Holman is a skilfully detailed writer whose prose blends the factual with the personal in a manner as straightforward as it is compelling … Holman’s characters are deftly drawn, flawed and earnest, corruptible and alight with brave dreams’ The Globe and *
Lovely and disarming..the storyline is droll but the book is also tough, sad and surprisingly sweet' New York Times Book Review * `Like the 1,200-pound cheese of the title, Sheri Holman’s novel is a big, ambitious enterprise. Unlike many such enterprises - though again like the cheese - it possesses, page by page, or bite by bite if you prefer, an intense, refined and lingering flav *
Profoundly moving ... Holman has fashioned a tale that is poignant and powerful and, like an award-winning cheese, surprisingly complex' Washington Post * `Holman’s novel is brilliant, the characters deeply rendered, the philosophic underpinning astute, the touch sure …Holman is one of those novelists whose world you trust completely. She’s as adept as Barbara Kingsolver at tracing the political and intelle *
Flawlessly plotted ... so satisfying' Atlanta Journal * `Holman is a skilfully detailed writer whose prose blends the factual with the personal in a manner as straightforward as it is compelling … Holman’s characters are deftly drawn, flawed and earnest, corruptible and alight with brave dreams’ The Globe and *
Sheri Holman grew up in rural Virginia and now lives with her husband and daughter in Brooklyn, New York. She is the author of A STOLEN TONGUE and THE DRESS LODGER. THE MAMMOTH CHEESE is her third novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844081271 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844081273 |
| Title | The Mammoth Cheese |
| Author | Sheri Holman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2004-08-05 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Orange Prize 2005 (UK) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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