Mister Roberts by Alexei Sayle
Above a small village in Spain, an English costume designer sees a bright shining star lurch abruptly across the sky. On Christmas Day a strong, silent man with blank eyes enters Bar Noche Azul. Only a thirteen year old boy could have guessed that there was any connection between the two. Wonderfully inventive, darkly funny, thoughtful and full of glorious one-liners, Mister Roberts is both an original coming-of-age story and an unusual take on the corrupting influence of power.
'[Alexei Sayle] is still among the very few comedians to write fiction which can be taken seriously as literature.. It's also extremely funny.' -- Independent on Sunday 'It's filled with wry observations, likeable characters and a sense of imagination.' -- Elle 'Sayle's writing fizzes with a savagely inventive energy, wit and biting satire' -- Daily Mail 'A brilliant writer...a great novelist' -- Richard and Judy 'This is a funny, frightening book which is also refreshingly bonkers. It's meticulously plotted and persuasive.' -- Guardian on THE WEEPING WOMAN HOTEL 'This is a novel composed of surreal flights of fancy and spot-on comedy.' -- Independent on THE WEEPING WOMAN HOTEL 'He could be our new Kingsley Amis.' -- Sunday Express 'Sayle is very funny, gabbling out a story that is as tall as a tower block and ridiculously entertaining' -- The Times 20081122 'considered pitch-perfect prose of a talented novelist who also happens to have a wildly perverse imagination, and a store of beautifully delivered one-liners' -- Scotsman 20081122 'It's brilliant! It's very funny... very touching without laying on the sentiment.' -- Jenny Colgan 20081122 'It's even better than they say' -- Clive James, Sunday Telegraph on OVERTAKEN 20081122 'Being able to wrap up a big moral conundrum with the guise of a fizzing entertainment is a considerable gift...it is wonderfully entertaining' -- Jonathan Coe, Guardian on OVERTAKEN 20081122 'MISTER ROBERTS has the best qualities the man himself exudes in his comedy work: brains, wit and welcome absurdity. But there is also a surprising amount of warmth... it is a fine short novel, the perfect present for all your warm-hearted, secular humanist friends this Christmas' -- Guardian 20081220
Alexei Sayle is the author of two highly-acclaimed short story collections and two novels.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780340961551 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340961554 |
| Title | Mister Roberts |
| Author | Alexei Sayle |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2008-10-16 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |