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Description for Idiopathy
Paperback. Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel award 2013, this bitterly humorous debut is a novel of love, narcissism, and ailing cattle. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 236. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel award 2013, this bitterly humorous debut is a novel of love, narcissism, and ailing cattle.
Katherine and Daniel used to be together. Now Katherine hates everyone, but not as much as she hates herself, while Daniel tells his new girlfriend he loves her, because not telling her would be like telling her he doesn’t love her.
From out of the blue comes a message from their old friend, rehabilitated party animal Nathan – now ... Read more
Nathan suggests a reunion, but with the bad blood flowing like cheap wine, it can’t end well. As a bovine plague sweeps across the nation, a toxic dinner party gets underway – its atmosphere so poisonous that none of them will escape infection …
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Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007412105
SKU
KAK0002849
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Sam Byers
Sam Byers was born in 1979. Idiopathy is his first novel. It has been chosen for the Waterstones 11, the annual shortlist of the book chain’s favourite fiction debuts.
Reviews for Idiopathy
‘A savagely brilliant novel … Brimming with comic brio and nuanced psychological insight, ‘Idiopathy’ signals the arrival of an exciting new talent … If ‘Idiopathy’ was half as fun to write as it is to read I suspect Mr Byers found some happiness along the way.’ David Annand, Sunday Telegraph ... Read more