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Max Gate
Damien Wilkins
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Description for Max Gate
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
"A witty and sentient writer"—LA Times "Wilkins can command a breathtakingly supple literary style"—The New York Times 1928: Thomas Hardy is dying in the upstairs room of Max Gate, the house he built in his beloved Dorset. Downstairs, his literary friends are locked in a bitter fight with local supporters. Who owns Hardy’s remains? Who knew him best? What are the secrets of Max Gate? Housemaid Nellie Titterington narrates this earthy and emotionally-charged novel about ambition, duty, belonging, and love. Damien Wilkins is the author of seven novels, including the New Zealand ... Read more
"A witty and sentient writer"—LA Times "Wilkins can command a breathtakingly supple literary style"—The New York Times 1928: Thomas Hardy is dying in the upstairs room of Max Gate, the house he built in his beloved Dorset. Downstairs, his literary friends are locked in a bitter fight with local supporters. Who owns Hardy’s remains? Who knew him best? What are the secrets of Max Gate? Housemaid Nellie Titterington narrates this earthy and emotionally-charged novel about ambition, duty, belonging, and love. Damien Wilkins is the author of seven novels, including the New Zealand ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Gallic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
161g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910709139
SKU
V9781910709139
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Damien Wilkins
Damien Wilkins is one of New Zealand’s leading writers, the author of seven novels, including the New Zealand Book Award-winning The Miserables, and The Fainter, which was shortlisted for both the Montana New Zealand Book Awards and the Commonwealth Writers Prize. In 2013 he became the Director of the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington. Wilkins ... Read more
Reviews for Max Gate
Fiction finalist 2014 New Zealand Post Book Awards 'Max Gate is superbly attuned to that tremulous moment just before everything changes forever – the Hardy household, the known world of domestic servitude and dutiful women. Damien Wilkins, who writes fabulous prose, is a wise and imaginative guide to this fascinating terrain. He has created that wondrous thing, a ... Read more