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All Quiet on the Orient Express: A ´hilariously surreal´ novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author
Magnus Mills
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Paperback. 'Hilariously surreal. It's a bit like the Coen Brothers directing an Alan Bennett play.. Fantastic' Daily Mirror Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 232. 320 pages. 'Hilariously surreal. It's a bit like the Coen Brothers directing an Alan Bennett play. Fantastic' Daily Mirror. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 146 x 197 x 27. Weight: 224.
A dark, surreally funny novel from the bestselling Booker Prize-shortlisted author ‘Hilariously surreal. It's a bit like the Coen Brothers directing an Alan Bennett play... Fantastic' Daily Mirror ‘Understatedly surreal, deadpan gothic, Mills is a master of the uncanny ... Such a fresh fictional voice' Esquire It is the end of the summer. The tourists have already gone, and now the sun is abandoning the Lake District's damp valleys. Only a lone camper remains, enjoying the quiet. He plans to stay just long enough to prepare for a trip to the East. But then the owner ... Read more
A dark, surreally funny novel from the bestselling Booker Prize-shortlisted author ‘Hilariously surreal. It's a bit like the Coen Brothers directing an Alan Bennett play... Fantastic' Daily Mirror ‘Understatedly surreal, deadpan gothic, Mills is a master of the uncanny ... Such a fresh fictional voice' Esquire It is the end of the summer. The tourists have already gone, and now the sun is abandoning the Lake District's damp valleys. Only a lone camper remains, enjoying the quiet. He plans to stay just long enough to prepare for a trip to the East. But then the owner ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408813768
SKU
V9781408813768
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
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99-50
About Magnus Mills
Magnus Mills is the author of the story collection Screwtop Thompson and six novels, including The Restraint of Beasts, which won the McKitterick Prize and was shortlisted for both the Booker Prize and the Whitbread (now the Costa) First Novel Award in 1999. His books have been translated into twenty languages. He lives in London.
Reviews for All Quiet on the Orient Express: A ´hilariously surreal´ novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author
‘Understatedly surreal, deadpan gothic, Mills is a master of the uncanny ... Such a fresh fictional voice'
Esquire
‘Mills is a master of the cliffhanger and can make even the most deadpan behaviour compelling and funny... A deliciously sly comic fable'
Financial Times
‘Absorbing, darkly worrying and very, very funny'
The Times
‘Mill's great ... Read more
Esquire
‘Mills is a master of the cliffhanger and can make even the most deadpan behaviour compelling and funny... A deliciously sly comic fable'
Financial Times
‘Absorbing, darkly worrying and very, very funny'
The Times
‘Mill's great ... Read more