Reader, I Married Him by Roberts Michele
More famous for her sensuous novels, Michele Roberts now writes a short, sharp and witty novel in the spirit of Muriel Spark. 'A triumphant tour de force' Time Out
Chiselled phrasing and dancing plot. . A sizzling firework display of a book * Sunday Times ‘A deliciously black and breezy affair, the perfect antidote to dull winter days. The scenario is that of a standard romance. . . but don't be deceived: Michele Roberts has written something altogether darker and wittier. After reading this *
Mail 'A triumphant tour de force * Time Out‘Michèle Roberts is on sparkling form with her ludic 11th novel. Roberts has constructed a fantastical Italian city, a capriccio of the sort beloved of Italian artists of the Renaissance, and makes the setting half realistic - imbued with the smel *
Financial Times * ‘With her sudden offbeat collisions between reality and fantasy, Robert's sensibility is reminiscent of Jeanette Winterson’s, though undeniable shades of Muriel Spark prevail, of the writer fully in control of her measured, ironic tone, however much her n *
Guardian * ‘Conundrums and their answers bombard the reader like a shower of carnival confetti in a novel whose characters resemble the cast of a modern-day commedia dell’arte. The real pleasure of Roberts's writing lies. . . in the unfailing sensuality of her descr *
Mail 'A triumphant tour de force * Time Out‘Michèle Roberts is on sparkling form with her ludic 11th novel. Roberts has constructed a fantastical Italian city, a capriccio of the sort beloved of Italian artists of the Renaissance, and makes the setting half realistic - imbued with the smel *
Financial Times * ‘With her sudden offbeat collisions between reality and fantasy, Robert's sensibility is reminiscent of Jeanette Winterson’s, though undeniable shades of Muriel Spark prevail, of the writer fully in control of her measured, ironic tone, however much her n *
Guardian * ‘Conundrums and their answers bombard the reader like a shower of carnival confetti in a novel whose characters resemble the cast of a modern-day commedia dell’arte. The real pleasure of Roberts's writing lies. . . in the unfailing sensuality of her descr *
Half-English/half-French, Michèle Roberts was born in 1949. DAUGHTERS OF THE HOUSE (1992) was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the W.H. Smith Literary Award. She has just been appointed Professor of Creative Writing at UEA.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781860499982 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860499988 |
| Title | Reader, I Married Him |
| Author | Roberts Michele |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2006-01-19 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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