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Description for Ed King
Paperback. From the bestselling author of Snow Falling on Cedars, a dazzling, darkly funny, compulsively readable retelling of Sophocles's Oedipus Rex that takes us from the 1962 Seattle World's Fair to the twenty-first century headquarters of an Internet search giant. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218. Good copy with some shelf wear. Minor foxing appears, remains very good
From the bestselling author of Snow Falling on Cedars, a dazzling, darkly funny, compulsively readable retelling of Sophocles's Oedipus Rex that takes us from the 1962 Seattle World's Fair to the twenty-first century headquarters of an Internet search giant. 'Superbly organised and sophisticated ... Excellently entertaining' Sunday Times 'A great story and a riveting read' Daily Mail In 1962, when Walter Cousins sleeps with his British au pair, Diane Burroughs, he can have no sense of the magnitude of his error: this brief affair sets in motion a tragedy of epic proportions, upending Sophocles's immortal tale of fate, ... Read more
From the bestselling author of Snow Falling on Cedars, a dazzling, darkly funny, compulsively readable retelling of Sophocles's Oedipus Rex that takes us from the 1962 Seattle World's Fair to the twenty-first century headquarters of an Internet search giant. 'Superbly organised and sophisticated ... Excellently entertaining' Sunday Times 'A great story and a riveting read' Daily Mail In 1962, when Walter Cousins sleeps with his British au pair, Diane Burroughs, he can have no sense of the magnitude of his error: this brief affair sets in motion a tragedy of epic proportions, upending Sophocles's immortal tale of fate, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408821992
SKU
KCW0001812
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About David Guterson
David Guterson is the author of the novels Snow Falling on Cedars, East of the Mountains, Our Lady of the Forest and The Other; a collection of short stories, The Country Ahead Of Us, The Country Behind, and of the non-fiction book Family Matters: Why Home Schooling Makes Sense. Snow Falling on Cedars won the PEN/ Faulkner Award. David Guterson ... Read more
Reviews for Ed King
A great story and a riveting read
Daily Mail
Superbly organised and sophisticated ... Excellently entertaining
Sunday Times
[A] compelling moral fable ... beautiful writing
The Times
Guterson is a gifted writer
Guardian
Daily Mail
Superbly organised and sophisticated ... Excellently entertaining
Sunday Times
[A] compelling moral fable ... beautiful writing
The Times
Guterson is a gifted writer
Guardian