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Mr Toppit: The Darkly Comic Richard & Judy Bestseller de Charles Elton

Mr Toppit: The Darkly Comic Richard & Judy Bestseller

Autor Charles Elton
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mai 2017
The bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club Pick 'Jangly with secrets' Sunday Times'Funny, inventive, surprisingly moving' Guardian'Royal Tenenbaums-style saga of dysfunctional family' The TimesWhen Arthur Hayman, author of The Hayseed Chronicles, dies, a bizarre chain of events makes his series of children's novels world-famous. But buried deep inside the books lie secrets that begin to shake Arthur's family - his son, Luke, reluctantly immortalized as the young hero; his daughter, Rachel, for whom the books are a hole through which her life has fallen; and his enigmatic wife, Martha, who knows that secrets are best kept well-hidden. And at the heart of The Hayseed Chronicles is the mysterious Mr Toppit, who will let none of the Haymans out of his grasp.A darkly comic story of a family shaped by their father's literary legacy, exploring fame, fandom and long-buried secrets
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781408884881
ISBN-10: 1408884887
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

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

Notă biografică

Charles Elton was educated at Reading University. He was a Director of Literary Agency Curtis Brown before becoming an Independent TV producer in 1991. In 2000 he joined ITV as Executive Producer in Drama and left in 2010 when his first novel, Mr Toppit, was published. His second novel, The Songs, will be published by Bloomsbury in 2017. He lives in London and Somerset with his children.

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