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Darkmans

By Nicola Barker

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Darkmans

By Nicola Barker

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Shortlisted for the 2007 Man Booker Prize, an epic novel of startling originality which confirms Nicola Barker as one of Britain's most exciting literary talents. If history is a sick joke which keeps on repeating, then who keeps on telling it? Could it be John Scogin, Edward IV's jester, whose favourite skit was to burn people alive? Or could it be Andrew Boarde, physician to Henry VIII, who wrote John Scogin's biography? Or could it be a Kurd called Gaffar whose days are blighted by an unspeakable terror of salad? Or a beautiful bulimic with brittle bones? Or a man who guards Beckley Woods with a Samurai sword and a pregnant terrier? Darkmans is a very modern book, set in ridiculously modern Ashford, about two old-fashioned subjects: love and jealousy. And the main character? The past, creeping up on the present and whispering something quite dark into its ear. Darkmans is the third of Nicola Barker's visionary Thames Gateway novels. Following Wide Open (winner Dublin IMPAC award 2000) and Behindlings it confirms one of Britain's most original literary talents.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
848
Release Date:
2011-10-27
Publication Date:
2008-03-03
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0007193637
ISBN13:
9780007193639
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
546 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
196 cm
Thickness:
55 cm
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