Vanishing
(Sprache: Englisch)
'A sprawling novel of war, betrayal, art and the truth of storytelling itself' (Independent) from the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted Gerard Woodward
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'A sprawling novel of war, betrayal, art and the truth of storytelling itself' (Independent) from the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted Gerard Woodward
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There is no such thing as an ordinary life. But Kenneth Brill's is more extraordinary than most. By the time he is arrested for espionage towards the end of the Second World War he has an incredible story to tell.Under interrogation he describes his unusual childhood, shares the decadent details of his training as a painter at the prestigious Slade School of Art in the 1930s and explains just why he was so very friendly with the prostitutes of London's Soho underworld; he narrates his heroic actions as a camouflage officer before El Alamein, when he helped pull off one of the greatest acts of deception in the history of warfare, and accounts for his part in a night-time break-in of the royal residence of Buckingham Palace.
This is a life lived to the full, whether as son, friend, lover, teacher or pupil. The only question is: whose side is he really on?
'A huge, complex novel, at turns both blackly funny and bleakly moving, driven by truly original characters' Daily Mail
'Clever, subtle, and rewarding' Times Literary Supplement
Autoren-Porträt von Gerard Woodward
Woodward, GerardGerard Woodward is the author of a number of novels, including Nourishment and an acclaimed trilogy comprising: August (shortlisted for the 2001 Whitbread First Novel Award), I'll Go to Bed at Noon (shortlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize) and A Curious Earth. He was born in London in 1961, and published several prize-winning collections of poetry before turning to fiction. His collection of poetry, We Were Pedestrians, was shortlisted for the 2005 T. S. Eliot Prize. His most recent poetry collection, The Seacunny, was published in 2012. He is Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Gerard Woodward
- Altersempfehlung: 18 - 99 Jahre
- 2015, Main Market Ed., 400 Seiten, Maße: 13,1 x 19,9 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Picador
- ISBN-10: 0330518658
- ISBN-13: 9780330518659
- Erscheinungsdatum: 09.04.2015
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Englisch
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