Mr Toppit
Autor Charles Eltonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 apr 2009
When the author of The Hayseed Chronicles, Arthur Hayman, is mown down by a concrete truck in Soho, his legacy passes to his widow, Martha, and her children - the fragile Rachel, and Luke, reluctantly immortalised as Luke Hayseed, the central character of his father's books. But others want their share, particularly Laurie, who has a mysterious agenda of her own that changes all their lives. For buried deep in the books lie secrets which threaten to be revealed as the family begins to crumble under the heavy burden of their inheritance.
Spanning several decades, from the heyday of the British film industry after the war to the cut-throat world of show business in Los Angeles, Mr Toppit is a riveting tale of the unexpected effects of sudden fame and fortune. Not since Jonathan Coe's What a Carve Up! has a novel managed to capture a family and a society to such wonderfully funny and painful effect.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141038001
ISBN-10: 0141038004
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 1 x 1 x 1 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141038004
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 1 x 1 x 1 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Charles Elton lives in London and Somerset with his two children. This is his first novel.
Caracteristici
A richly-woven tale of family secrets and the power of stories, Mr Toppit will appeal to fans of Jonathan Coe, Paul Murray, David Nicholls and We Are All Completely Beside Yourselves
Recenzii
An extraordinary debut, not only for its confident storytelling but for its nerdish familiarity with such an eclectic range of subjects . Dark, funny . jangly with secrets
A masterly tale of quiet torment
Funny, inventive, surprisingly moving, hopeful
A chillingly mingled hit of love, need and dread
We find a wholly new voice in Luke, in whose witty, bemused voice much of Charles Elton's brilliantly observed novel is told . Mr Toppit is miles ahead of most debut novels and makes an engrossing, moving and perceptive read. Its taut narrative and daring emotional palate shift effortlessly between the dark days of childhood, the grit of pre-digital Soho and the overexposed nonsense of contemporary L.A. It's quite a ride
Mr Toppit is party Royal Tenenbaums-style saga of dysfunctional family . Part coming-of-age tale . and part satire on the iniquities of celebrity and hype
Poignant and engaging
A cracker. Elton has an arch wit, an engaging style and a sense of invention that recalls Jonathan Coe's What a Carve Up! . You are gripped
What begins as a robust comedy evolves into a dark, ironic family drama, a coming-of-age tale and an industry satire
Elton is. going to be the Next Big Thing in darkly comic BritLit
Elton is a brilliant observer of the tics and stumblings of his characters' desires and weaknesses
Painfully funny
Whimsical, but spiced with darkness
A masterly tale of quiet torment
Funny, inventive, surprisingly moving, hopeful
A chillingly mingled hit of love, need and dread
We find a wholly new voice in Luke, in whose witty, bemused voice much of Charles Elton's brilliantly observed novel is told . Mr Toppit is miles ahead of most debut novels and makes an engrossing, moving and perceptive read. Its taut narrative and daring emotional palate shift effortlessly between the dark days of childhood, the grit of pre-digital Soho and the overexposed nonsense of contemporary L.A. It's quite a ride
Mr Toppit is party Royal Tenenbaums-style saga of dysfunctional family . Part coming-of-age tale . and part satire on the iniquities of celebrity and hype
Poignant and engaging
A cracker. Elton has an arch wit, an engaging style and a sense of invention that recalls Jonathan Coe's What a Carve Up! . You are gripped
What begins as a robust comedy evolves into a dark, ironic family drama, a coming-of-age tale and an industry satire
Elton is. going to be the Next Big Thing in darkly comic BritLit
Elton is a brilliant observer of the tics and stumblings of his characters' desires and weaknesses
Painfully funny
Whimsical, but spiced with darkness