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The Greatest Gift
Danny Leigh
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Description for The Greatest Gift
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
A dazzling tale, told with great humour, of the last seconds of a man's life as he leaps from a nine-storey building.
Matthew Viss works for the city's premier concierge service. Whatever you need, he can provide. And he'll do it with a smile. He just wants to help - that's all he's ever wanted to do. The Greatest Gift is the story of his downfall.
'Leigh's prose is discomforting, his free-form style a reflection of Matthew's free-falling life, and there are echoes of Chuck 'Fight-Club' Palahniuk ... A complex, affecting debut, suggesting ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571215065
SKU
V9780571215065
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-29
About Danny Leigh
Danny Leigh was born in 1972 and is the author of The Greatest Gift and The Monsters of Gramercy Park. He was described as 'A key writer of his generation' by Dazed & Confused. He hosts the BBC's film review show.
Reviews for The Greatest Gift
"'An intelligent, ambitious novel, serving notice that Leigh is a talent to watch.' Time Out 'Painful, unstoppable, heart-breaking, hilarious and exciting. No cynic likes to be proved wrong, but in this case they might have to be... For once, just for once, the superlatives are justified.' The Scotsman; 'At turns scathing, poignant and hilarious, Leigh depicts a world of synthetic ... Read more