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26%OFFJohn Harding - One Big Damn Puzzler - 9780552999809 - V9780552999809
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One Big Damn Puzzler

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Description for One Big Damn Puzzler Paperback. On a remote South Pacific island paradise, an elderly tribesman is translating "Hamlet" into local Pidgin English. Much to his annoyance, he is interrupted by the arrival of an unexpected visitor. William Hardt is an American lawyer, he has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and has come to help. And from that moment on, nothing will ever be the same. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 372.

On a remote South Pacific island paradise, an elderly tribesman is translating Hamlet into local Pidgin English. Much to his annoyance, his struggles with the Bard are interrupted by the arrival of an unexpected visitor. William Hardt is a young American lawyer, he has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and he has come to help. And from that moment on, nothing will ever be the same. For what (and who) he finds there will challenge both his and our values and our ideas about love, life and even death.
Bursting with good things, from the islanders themselves - with their curious logic, ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552999809
SKU
V9780552999809
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1

About John Harding
John Harding was born in the Isle of Ely in 1951. After local village and grammar schools, he read English at Oxford. He worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor before becoming a freelance writer. His first novel, the bestselling What We Did On Our Holiday was shortlisted for the WHSmith New Talent Award. He lives in Richmond ... Read more

Reviews for One Big Damn Puzzler
Enormously enjoyable...Harding tackles this novel's huge, tragic subject with a blissfully skewed lightness of touch.
DEBORAH MOGGACH
Masterly...ambitious in scope and executed with wit and exuberance, John Harding has created a rich, complex and endearing fictitious world which holds important truths for our own.
DAILY MAIL
Instantly winning...it made me laugh. A lot...Gaugin-gaudy, and as rich ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for One Big Damn Puzzler


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