Pasmore by David Storey
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 'Storey's fiction ought to . . . secure his reputation as one of the most original writers of his generation.' - The Guardian 'The leading novelist of his generation.' - Daily Telegraph 'Swift, clean and painful . . . as good as anything he has done.' - The Times 'Mr Storey is an absorbing writer, and he captures in a completely believable way the terrible bleakness of Pasmore's family's coal-mining town and the bewilderment and anguish of a family falling apart.' - The New Yorker 'Remarkable . . . an admirable piece of writing.' - Boston Globe To all external appearances, Colin Pasmore has a happy life: not yet thirty, with a wife, three children, a nice home, and a good job as a university lecturer, everything seems to be going right. But after he is beset by a recurring nightmare, he begins to experience the terrifying sensation that his whole life is unravelling. He is suddenly unable to bear the presence of friends and family, incapable of touching or communicating with his wife, dissatisfied and even embarrassed by his job. He finds himself looking on in helpless horror, struggling to understand why his entire world is disintegrating around him. . . . Pasmore (1972), David Storey's fourth novel, won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. This new edition is the first in more than 25 years and features the original jacket art by the author. Storey's Radcliffe and Saville (winner of the Booker Prize) are also available from Valancourt Books.
Storey, David: - David Storey was born in Wakefield in 1933. He studied at the Slade School of Art. He wrote fifteen plays including In Celebration, Home and The Changing Room; and eleven novels, including This Sporting Life, which was made into a film starring Richard Harris. His work won many accolades including the Macmillan Fiction Award, the Somerset Maugham Award, the Faber Memorial Prize and, in 1976, the Booker Prize for Saville. He died in 2017.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780582105294 |
| ISBN 10 | 0582105293 |
| Title | Pasmore |
| Author | David Storey |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Prentice Hall Europe (a Pearson Education company) |
| Year published | 1972-10-02 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Prizes | Winner of Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize 1973 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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