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A Clue to the Exit

By Edward St Aubyn

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A Clue to the Exit

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'St Aubyn's attention to detail and comic dialogue make this a must-read' The Times Charlie Fairburn, successful screenwriter, ex-husband and absent father, has been given six months to live. As he heads for the south of France, he resolves to stake half his fortune on a couple of turns of the roulette wheel and, to his agent's disgust, to write a novel - about consciousness. In the casino, he meets his muse. Ricocheting helplessly from writing to passion to isolation in the desert, Charlie attempts to achieve some measure of understanding before he dies. And as his remaining days diminish along with his stash of gambling chips, his search for 'the flash of freedom at the heart of things' reveals a man ever more witty, thoughtful, and mordantly surprising. 'Striking metaphors and resonant evocations of sea and desert . . . accomplished reflections on the possibility of selfhood and the insolubility of consciousness' Sunday Times 'Playful and lingeringly witty . . . Tantalizing' Evening Standard
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
176
Release Date:
2015-06-18
Publication Date:
2015-06-18
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1447253558
ISBN13:
9781447253556
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
133 g
Height:
130 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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