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Description for Bed
Paperback. Used paperback in very good condition.
What makes life worth getting out of bed for? Mal isn't like the other kids. So remarkable is his childhood that his family wait for the incredible things he seems born to do. Then one day he goes to bed, never to get out again. Recounted by Mal's younger brother, Bed is a coming-of-age story like no other. It chronicles the metamorphosis of one extraordinary man, and explores what love, loss and family can do to you in a lifetime. Enchanting, funny, surreal and heartwarming, David Whitehouse's novel presents one ... Read more
What makes life worth getting out of bed for? Mal isn't like the other kids. So remarkable is his childhood that his family wait for the incredible things he seems born to do. Then one day he goes to bed, never to get out again. Recounted by Mal's younger brother, Bed is a coming-of-age story like no other. It chronicles the metamorphosis of one extraordinary man, and explores what love, loss and family can do to you in a lifetime. Enchanting, funny, surreal and heartwarming, David Whitehouse's novel presents one ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847679819
SKU
KRF0036143
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Paperback
David Whitehouse was born in 1981. His journalism has appeared in the Guardian, the Sunday Times, the Independent, Esquire, Time Out, and the Observer Magazine. His first short film, 'The Archivist', produced by Warp Films and the BBC, opened the BBC Electric Proms in 2008 and screened at film festivals including Seattle and Munich. ... Read more
Reviews for Bed
Hilarious and tragic; a perfectly brilliant debut.
Times
The best new novel I've read in ages.
Sam Delaney
Guardian
Bed is a deftly-told wonder. Mr. Whitehouse's writing is accomplished, poetic, and deeply affecting.
Joe Meno, author of Hairstyles of the Damned David Whitehouse has taken what ... Read more
Times
The best new novel I've read in ages.
Sam Delaney
Guardian
Bed is a deftly-told wonder. Mr. Whitehouse's writing is accomplished, poetic, and deeply affecting.
Joe Meno, author of Hairstyles of the Damned David Whitehouse has taken what ... Read more