Description
Born to hardworking immigrant parents in sunny suburban Los Angeles, Stephen Newman never imagined that he would spend his adult life under the grey skies of north London, would marry Andrea for convenience and stay married, and would watch his children grow into people he cannot fathom. Over forty years he and his friends have built lives of comfort and success, until the events of late middle age and the new century force them to realise that they have always existed in a fool's paradise.
* Linda Grant's 'best novel yet' (Financial Times) is a thoughtful and engaging story of a London family from the late sixties to the present
About the Author
Linda Grant is author of four non-fiction books and eight novels. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, she won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2000, the Lettre Ulysses Prize for Literary Reportage in 2006 and holds honorary doctorates from the University of York and Liverpool John Moores University. The Clothes on Their Backs was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2008 and went on to win the South Bank Show Award; The Dark Circle was shortlisted for the 2017 Women's Prize for Fiction; A Stranger City won the 2000 Wingate Literary Prize. Linda Grant lives in London.
Reviews
Compelling, perceptive and deeply humane -- Michael Arditti * Daily Mail *
Gripping and stylishly told. Post-war California, Oxford and London are recreated superbly and brightly . . . Grant comes close to creating the perfect novel -- Melissa Katsoulis * The Times *
My only complaint? I fear I may not read a better book all year -- Rosamund Urwin * Evening Standard *
Ambitious . . . Like the best novels, it makes you examine your own moral compass alongside that of its characters -- Viv Groskop * Observer *
'Compelling, perceptive and deeply humane' -- Michael Arditti * Daily Mail *
'Gripping and stylishly told. Post-war California, Oxford and London are recreated superbly and brightly . . . Grant comes close to creating the perfect novel' -- Melissa Katsoulis * The Times *
'My only complaint? I fear I may not read a better book all year' -- Rosamund Urwin * Evening Standard *
'Ambitious . . . Like the best novels, it makes you examine your own moral compass alongside that of its characters' -- Viv Groskop * Observer *
Book Information
ISBN 9781844086399
Author Linda Grant
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Virago Press Ltd
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 241g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 124mm * 28mm
* Linda Grant's 'best novel yet' (Financial Times) is a thoughtful and engaging story of a London family from the late sixties to the present
About the Author
Linda Grant is author of four non-fiction books and eight novels. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, she won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2000, the Lettre Ulysses Prize for Literary Reportage in 2006 and holds honorary doctorates from the University of York and Liverpool John Moores University. The Clothes on Their Backs was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2008 and went on to win the South Bank Show Award; The Dark Circle was shortlisted for the 2017 Women's Prize for Fiction; A Stranger City won the 2000 Wingate Literary Prize. Linda Grant lives in London.
Reviews
Compelling, perceptive and deeply humane -- Michael Arditti * Daily Mail *
Gripping and stylishly told. Post-war California, Oxford and London are recreated superbly and brightly . . . Grant comes close to creating the perfect novel -- Melissa Katsoulis * The Times *
My only complaint? I fear I may not read a better book all year -- Rosamund Urwin * Evening Standard *
Ambitious . . . Like the best novels, it makes you examine your own moral compass alongside that of its characters -- Viv Groskop * Observer *
'Compelling, perceptive and deeply humane' -- Michael Arditti * Daily Mail *
'Gripping and stylishly told. Post-war California, Oxford and London are recreated superbly and brightly . . . Grant comes close to creating the perfect novel' -- Melissa Katsoulis * The Times *
'My only complaint? I fear I may not read a better book all year' -- Rosamund Urwin * Evening Standard *
'Ambitious . . . Like the best novels, it makes you examine your own moral compass alongside that of its characters' -- Viv Groskop * Observer *
Book Information
ISBN 9781844086399
Author Linda Grant
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Virago Press Ltd
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 241g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 124mm * 28mm
