Nobber by Oisin Fagan
The dark and gripping debut novel from one of Ireland's most exciting young novelists
Plague-ridden, trippy and violent, it's uniquely told and full of startling images * Observer, Books of the Year *
The wildest novel I read all year was easily Nobber, an eye-poppingly anarchic tale of greed and gore in a medieval Irish village struck by the Black Death * Daily Mail, Books of the Year *
A tremendously engaging and fun read. . a crazed, quixotic odyssey * Kevin Barry *
Nobber is hallucinatory and sly, conjuring a densely strange and savagely captivating world. There are lots of novels, and there are lots of novels that are all much alike, but there is nothing like Nobber * Colin Barrett *
Amid a strange, dark tale come glimpses of a striking new talent * The Times *
Pestilence, the Black Death and comedy combine to bemusing and occasionally potent effect in this debut novel from the rising star of Oisin Fagan . . . Nobber is a lively and mischievous work that does a wonderful job of painting pictures for us of abject horror and suffering right before turning them over on to their backs to reveal soft comedic underbellies * Irish Independent *
Utterly original, yet reminiscent of Flann O'Brien or Eimar O'Duffy. Nobber is the work of a fierce imagination and an even fiercer pen * Meath Chronicle *
A writer out to do whatever the hell he wants . . . a grisly, gross-out slice of medieval life and death, it's vigorously, writhingly itself, spilling out of any box you put it in * Observer *
All tremendously good fun: if noir whimsy and highfalutin' bawdiness are your thing, you will find a chortle-worthy moment on every couple of pages . . . Fagan is a skilled storyteller with a rich command of language and rare comedic flair * Irish Times *
A bloody and brilliant first novel . . . a dark and bloody tale, well leavened with bone-dry humour, and with a dramatic climax that has about it the flavour of a Jacobean tragedy * Guardian, Book of the Day *
Fagan's gleefully ornate prose is full of sly jokes and infused with humour that is less black than acid-bright . . . enough energy, absurdist wit and genuine strangeness to carry the reader through until the end of this ambitious, inventive novel * Sunday Times Ireland *
Oisin is a true original. Nobber is brilliant, innovative, relevant, zany, and highly readable * Irish Examiner *
[This] surreal, plague-ridden tale is set to become an Irish cult classic * Sunday Business Post *
Fagan imbues the book with a hallucinatory shimmer, an almost overpowering medieval viscerality beginning at the edge of madness and gleefully pushed ever further. It's a wild ride * Herald *
Nobber may well be one of the most original and entertaining Irish novels since The Butcher Boy * Dublin Review of Books *
The wildest novel I read all year was easily Nobber, an eye-poppingly anarchic tale of greed and gore in a medieval Irish village struck by the Black Death * Daily Mail, Books of the Year *
A tremendously engaging and fun read. . a crazed, quixotic odyssey * Kevin Barry *
Nobber is hallucinatory and sly, conjuring a densely strange and savagely captivating world. There are lots of novels, and there are lots of novels that are all much alike, but there is nothing like Nobber * Colin Barrett *
Amid a strange, dark tale come glimpses of a striking new talent * The Times *
Pestilence, the Black Death and comedy combine to bemusing and occasionally potent effect in this debut novel from the rising star of Oisin Fagan . . . Nobber is a lively and mischievous work that does a wonderful job of painting pictures for us of abject horror and suffering right before turning them over on to their backs to reveal soft comedic underbellies * Irish Independent *
Utterly original, yet reminiscent of Flann O'Brien or Eimar O'Duffy. Nobber is the work of a fierce imagination and an even fiercer pen * Meath Chronicle *
A writer out to do whatever the hell he wants . . . a grisly, gross-out slice of medieval life and death, it's vigorously, writhingly itself, spilling out of any box you put it in * Observer *
All tremendously good fun: if noir whimsy and highfalutin' bawdiness are your thing, you will find a chortle-worthy moment on every couple of pages . . . Fagan is a skilled storyteller with a rich command of language and rare comedic flair * Irish Times *
A bloody and brilliant first novel . . . a dark and bloody tale, well leavened with bone-dry humour, and with a dramatic climax that has about it the flavour of a Jacobean tragedy * Guardian, Book of the Day *
Fagan's gleefully ornate prose is full of sly jokes and infused with humour that is less black than acid-bright . . . enough energy, absurdist wit and genuine strangeness to carry the reader through until the end of this ambitious, inventive novel * Sunday Times Ireland *
Oisin is a true original. Nobber is brilliant, innovative, relevant, zany, and highly readable * Irish Examiner *
[This] surreal, plague-ridden tale is set to become an Irish cult classic * Sunday Business Post *
Fagan imbues the book with a hallucinatory shimmer, an almost overpowering medieval viscerality beginning at the edge of madness and gleefully pushed ever further. It's a wild ride * Herald *
Nobber may well be one of the most original and entertaining Irish novels since The Butcher Boy * Dublin Review of Books *
Oisín Fagan is the author of Hostages, a collection of stories, and Nobber, his debut novel which was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize, shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, and was named a Book of the Year by the Guardian and the Daily Mail.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781529329810 |
| ISBN 10 | 1529329817 |
| Title | Nobber |
| Author | Oisin Fagan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Murray Press |
| Year published | 2020-10-29 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2020 (UK), Long-listed for Desmond Elliott Prize 2020 (UK) |
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