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The Hopkins Conundrum: A Tragic Comedy About Gerard Manley Hopkins and Five Shipwrecked Nuns
Simon Edge
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Description for The Hopkins Conundrum: A Tragic Comedy About Gerard Manley Hopkins and Five Shipwrecked Nuns
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Tim Cleverley inherits a failing pub in Wales, which he plans to rescue by enlisting an American pulp novelist to concoct an entirely fabricated mystery about Gerald Manley Hopkins, who composed The Wreck of the Deutschland nearby. Blending the real stories of Hopkins and the shipwrecked nuns he wrote about with a contemporary love story, while casting a wry eye on the Dan Brown industry, The Hopkins Conundrum is a highly original mix of commercial fiction, literary biography, and satirical commentary.
Tim Cleverley inherits a failing pub in Wales, which he plans to rescue by enlisting an American pulp novelist to concoct an entirely fabricated mystery about Gerald Manley Hopkins, who composed The Wreck of the Deutschland nearby. Blending the real stories of Hopkins and the shipwrecked nuns he wrote about with a contemporary love story, while casting a wry eye on the Dan Brown industry, The Hopkins Conundrum is a highly original mix of commercial fiction, literary biography, and satirical commentary.
Product Details
Publisher
Eye Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
299g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Much Wenlock, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785630330
SKU
V9781785630330
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Ref
99-1
About Simon Edge
Simon Edge was born in Chester and educated at Cambridge University, where he read philosophy. He spent many years as a national newspaper journalist and critic, and has an MA in creative writing from City University, London. The Hopkins Conundrum is his first novel. He lives in Suffolk.
Reviews for The Hopkins Conundrum: A Tragic Comedy About Gerard Manley Hopkins and Five Shipwrecked Nuns
Genuinely funny and deeply poignant - Daily Express; Edge wears his Hopkins learning lightly, sprinkling the book with snippets while avoiding didacticism or handholding... it's a merry page-turner - The Spectator; A comedy with a touching emphasis on the importance of truth in human relationships. - The Tablet; A witty satire... By turns gripping ... Read more