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Description for Eating Air
Paperback. What could a ballerina, an anarchist, an Islamic terrorist and a banker possibly have in common? Moving between London, Italy and Surinam, this title marshals a cast of characters to tell an explosive tale of greed, passion and revolutionary ideals. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 447.
What could a ballerina, an anarchist, an Islamic terrorist and a banker possibly have in common? Our narrator, the enigmatic, piano-playing, rum drinking, Baron S knows. And he's ready to tell. Moving between the seventies and the present-day, between London, Italy and Surinam, Pauline Melville marshals a brilliant cast of characters to tell an explosive tale of greed, passion and revolutionary ideals.
What could a ballerina, an anarchist, an Islamic terrorist and a banker possibly have in common? Our narrator, the enigmatic, piano-playing, rum drinking, Baron S knows. And he's ready to tell. Moving between the seventies and the present-day, between London, Italy and Surinam, Pauline Melville marshals a brilliant cast of characters to tell an explosive tale of greed, passion and revolutionary ideals.
Product Details
Publisher
Telegram Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
447g
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846590818
SKU
V9781846590818
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-3
About Pauline Melville
Film and TV actress Pauline Melville burst onto the literary scene in the early nineties with a short story collection, Shape-shifter, which won the Guardian Fiction Prize, the Macmillan Silver Pen Award and a Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Pauline's first novel, The Ventriloquist's Tale won the Whitbread First Novel Award, was shortlisted for the Orange Prize. She lives in London.
Reviews for Eating Air
'Shocking and original. One of the few novels about terrorism - that may transcend their time.' Heather McRobie, New Statesman 'A fiendishly clever novel - Brilliantly funny and sharp.' Kate Saunders, Times 'A virtuoso performance.' Stevie Davies, The Independent 'Compelling.' Lavinia Greenlaw, The Financial Times '[Has] a wild energy that demands attention.' Hermione Lee, Guardian