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Philip Hensher - King of the Badgers - 9780007301348 - KSG0013675
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King of the Badgers

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Description for King of the Badgers Paperback. The new novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of 'The Northern Clemency'. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.

The new novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of ‘The Northern Clemency’.

Hanmouth: a quiet, picturesque English seaside town. But behind closed, Georgian front doors and the within the artisan cheese shop, its residents live lives that are anything but.

When an 8-year-old girl goes missing from the estate on the fringes of the town, Hanmouth becomes the centre of national attention. Under the scrutiny of the investigation the extraordinary individual lives of the community are laid bare: the passions ... Read more

Through the apparent civility and spiralling paranoia a small town, Philip Hensher brings us another brilliantly funny and perfectly observed slice of contemporary English life.

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Product Details

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007301348
SKU
KSG0013675
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-4

About Philip Hensher
Philip Hensher is a columnist for the Independent, arts critic for the Spectator and a Granta Best of Young British novelist. He has written six novels, including The Mulberry Empire and the Booker-shortlisted The Northern Clemency, and one collection of short stories. He lives in South London and Geneva.

Reviews for King of the Badgers
‘Hensher at the height of his powers…the sort of thing George Eliot would have written if she was interested in gay orgies and abducted chavs’ Sunday Times ‘An extraordinary, great pudding of a novel which confirms Philip Hensher as one of the most entertaining writers of Britain today.’ ... Read more

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