Politics by Adam Thirlwell
'In case you had not noticed,' writes Adam Thirlwell in his first novel, Politics, 'in this book I am not interested in anything so small as the history of the USSR. I am not writing anything so limited.' In this epic miniature, therefore, Politics tells the story of three kids in their twenties falling in love with each in London. And, simultaneously, it tells other, smaller stories: of Stalin on the phone, Mao in the bathroom, Osip Mandelstam in another bathroom, Adolf Hitler on all fours, and Milan Kundera in an argument. Politics is not (quite) about politics.
Extremely accomplished..very sophisticated -- A S Byatt * Guardian *
One of the funniest, most stylish and utterly original debuts in years * The Times *
This is a clever book. Fantastically clever...funny and strangely insightful... A genuinely original book * Daily Mail *
Dazzling...clever, funny and original -- India Knight * Observer *
Allusive, barbed, cocky, flamboyant, reckless, obscene and very funny * Time Out *
One of the funniest, most stylish and utterly original debuts in years * The Times *
This is a clever book. Fantastically clever...funny and strangely insightful... A genuinely original book * Daily Mail *
Dazzling...clever, funny and original -- India Knight * Observer *
Allusive, barbed, cocky, flamboyant, reckless, obscene and very funny * Time Out *
Adam Thirlwell was born in London in 1978. The author of three previous novels, his work has been translated into thirty languages. His essays appear in the New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books, and he is an advisory editor of the Paris Review. His awards include a Somerset Maugham Award and the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; in 2018 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He has twice been selected by Granta as one of their Best of Young British Novelists.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099459026 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099459027 |
| Title | Politics |
| Author | Adam Thirlwell |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2004-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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