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The Hook
Raffaella Barker
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Description for The Hook
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
'This tremendous book about life, love and fish will confirm Raffaella Barker's reputation as one of the cleverest and freshest young British novelists' Daily Mail 'Stylish and insightful ... With the pace and verve of a thriller' Independent Christy Naylor was forced to grow up quickly. Still reeling with anger after the death of her mother, she abandons college in order to help her father uproot from suburbia and start a new life on a swampy fish farm out in the sticks, a prize that he won in a shady game of poker. Amid this turmoil, looms ... Read more
'This tremendous book about life, love and fish will confirm Raffaella Barker's reputation as one of the cleverest and freshest young British novelists' Daily Mail 'Stylish and insightful ... With the pace and verve of a thriller' Independent Christy Naylor was forced to grow up quickly. Still reeling with anger after the death of her mother, she abandons college in order to help her father uproot from suburbia and start a new life on a swampy fish farm out in the sticks, a prize that he won in a shady game of poker. Amid this turmoil, looms ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408850732
SKU
V9781408850732
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Raffaella Barker
Raffaella Barker, daughter of the poet George Barker, was born and brought up in the Norfolk countryside. She is the author of seven acclaimed novels: Come and Tell Me Some Lies, The Hook, Hens Dancing, Summertime, Green Grass, A Perfect Life and Poppyland. She has also written a novel for young adults, Phosphorescence. ... Read more
Reviews for The Hook
This tremendous book about life, love and fish will confirm Raffaella Barker's reputation as one of the cleverest and freshest young British novelists
Daily Mail
Grippingly constructed ... It is saturated with fish and fishiness and at times there are echoes of Graham Swift's haunting eel-oriented masterpiece Waterland
Literary Review
Subtle and engaging
Guardian
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Daily Mail
Grippingly constructed ... It is saturated with fish and fishiness and at times there are echoes of Graham Swift's haunting eel-oriented masterpiece Waterland
Literary Review
Subtle and engaging
Guardian
... Read more