To Be Continued
Autor James Robertsonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 mai 2017
An utterly mad, entirely heart-warming Highland adventure from the Man Booker-longlisted author ofAnd the Land lay Still
Douglas is fifty years old - he's just lost his job, been kicked out by his girlfriend and moved back into his dad's house. Just when things are starting to look hopeless, he makes a very unexpected new friend: a talking toad.
Mungo is a wise-cracking, straight-talking, no-nonsense kind of toad - and he is determined to get Douglas's life back on track. Together, man and beast undertake a madcap quest to the distant Highlands, hot on the trail of a hundred-year-old granny, a beautiful Greek nymph, a split-personality alcoholic/teetotaller, a reluctant whisky-smuggler, and the elusive glimmer of redemption . . .
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241146859
ISBN-10: 0241146852
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 139 x 277 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241146852
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 139 x 277 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
James
Robertsonis
the
author
ofThe
Fanatic,Joseph
Knight,The
Testament
of
Gideon
Mack,And
the
Land
Lay
Still,The
Professor
of
TruthandTo
Be
Continued.Joseph
Knightwon
the
Saltire
Society
Scottish
Book
of
the
Year
and
the
Scottish
Arts
Council
Book
of
the
Year,The
Testament
of
Gideon
Mackwas
longlisted
for
the
2006
Man
Booker
Prize,
andAnd
the
Land
Lay
Stillwon
the
Saltire
Society
Scottish
Book
of
the
Year.
Robertson
is
also
the
author
of
four
short
story
collections,
most
recently365:
Stories,
five
poetry
collections
and
numerous
children's
books
written
in
English
and
Scots.
He
runs
the
independent
publishing
house
Kettillonia,
and
he
is
co-founder
and
general
editor
of
the
Scots
language
imprint
Itchy
Coo,
which
produces
books
in
Scots
for
children
and
young
adults.
Recenzii
A
real
romp
of
a
road
novelfeaturing
a
talking
toad.
I
can't
wait
Publisher's description. A madcap Highland adventure about midlife crises, new friends, and second chances. Douglas Findhorn Elder is fifty years old, recently dumped and suddenly jobless. Mungo Forth Mungo is a talking toad. And as luck would have it, this toad is determined to help his hapless human chum to sort his life out...
Joyful, warm-hearted, funny ... but buried within are serious points about the stories we tell about ourselves, how history shapes our identity, scarred landscapes and self-selecting communities. In heartsore times we need more books like this.
Funny and fun ... To Be Continued manages to be sad and happy at the same time. You can engage with the post-modern games and references if you like, or you can just sit back and laugh, and cry. A Scottish baroque novel, full of tricks and trinkets, written with warmth and wit.
Robertson manages to skilfully join the quirky with the serious; the surreal with the real. His take on contemporary Scotland is insightful, eccentric and highly readable.
To Be Continued, with its harem-scarem scenarios and surreal twists, was written to entertain.
A wildly eccentric tale laced with dry, deprecating wit
Publisher's description. A madcap Highland adventure about midlife crises, new friends, and second chances. Douglas Findhorn Elder is fifty years old, recently dumped and suddenly jobless. Mungo Forth Mungo is a talking toad. And as luck would have it, this toad is determined to help his hapless human chum to sort his life out...
Joyful, warm-hearted, funny ... but buried within are serious points about the stories we tell about ourselves, how history shapes our identity, scarred landscapes and self-selecting communities. In heartsore times we need more books like this.
Funny and fun ... To Be Continued manages to be sad and happy at the same time. You can engage with the post-modern games and references if you like, or you can just sit back and laugh, and cry. A Scottish baroque novel, full of tricks and trinkets, written with warmth and wit.
Robertson manages to skilfully join the quirky with the serious; the surreal with the real. His take on contemporary Scotland is insightful, eccentric and highly readable.
To Be Continued, with its harem-scarem scenarios and surreal twists, was written to entertain.
A wildly eccentric tale laced with dry, deprecating wit