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Mr Toppit
Charles Elton
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Description for Mr Toppit
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
The bestselling, Richard and Judy Book Club Pick, Mr Toppit is a darkly comic, enthralling story of a family shaped by their father's literary legacy, exploring fame, fandom and long-buried secrets When Arthur Hayman, author of The Hayseed Chronicles, dies, a bizarre chain of events conspires to make his series of children's novels world-famous. But buried deep inside the books lie secrets that begin to shake Arthur's family - his son, Luke, reluctantly immortalized as the young hero; his daughter, Rachel, for whom the books are a hole through which her life has fallen; and his enigmatic wife, Martha, who knows that secrets are best kept well-hidden. And at the heart of The Hayseed Chronicles is the mysterious Mr Toppit, who will let none of the Haymans out of his grasp...
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408884881
SKU
V9781408884881
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About Charles Elton
Charles Elton was educated at Reading University. He was a Director of Literary Agency Curtis Brown before becoming an Independent TV producer in 1991. In 2000 he joined ITV as Executive Producer in Drama and left in 2010 when his first novel, Mr Toppit, was published. His second novel, The Songs, will be published by Bloomsbury in 2017. He lives in London and Somerset with his children.
Reviews for Mr Toppit
An extraordinary debut, not only for its confident storytelling but for its nerdish familiarity with such an eclectic range of subjects ... Dark, funny ... jangly with secrets
Sunday Times
A masterly tale of quiet torment
Sunday Telegraph
Funny, inventive, surprisingly moving, hopeful
Guardian
A chillingly mingled hit of love, need and dread
Independent
We find a wholly new voice in Luke, in whose witty, bemused voice much of Charles Elton's brilliantly observed novel is told ... Mr Toppit is miles ahead of most debut novels and makes an engrossing, moving and perceptive read. Its taut narrative and daring emotional palate shift effortlessly between the dark days of childhood, the grit of pre-digital Soho and the overexposed nonsense of contemporary L.A. It's quite a ride
The Times
Mr Toppit is party Royal Tenenbaums-style saga of dysfunctional family ... Part coming-of-age tale ... and part satire on the iniquities of celebrity and hype
Observer
Poignant and engaging
Mail on Sunday
A cracker. Elton has an arch wit, an engaging style and a sense of invention that recalls Jonathan Coe's What a Carve Up! ... You are gripped
Evening Standard
What begins as a robust comedy evolves into a dark, ironic family drama, a coming-of-age tale and an industry satire
Daily Mail
Elton is... going to be the Next Big Thing in darkly comic BritLit
Scotsman
Elton is a brilliant observer of the tics and stumblings of his characters' desires and weaknesses
Vogue
Painfully funny
Marie Claire
Whimsical, but spiced with darkness
Elle
Sunday Times
A masterly tale of quiet torment
Sunday Telegraph
Funny, inventive, surprisingly moving, hopeful
Guardian
A chillingly mingled hit of love, need and dread
Independent
We find a wholly new voice in Luke, in whose witty, bemused voice much of Charles Elton's brilliantly observed novel is told ... Mr Toppit is miles ahead of most debut novels and makes an engrossing, moving and perceptive read. Its taut narrative and daring emotional palate shift effortlessly between the dark days of childhood, the grit of pre-digital Soho and the overexposed nonsense of contemporary L.A. It's quite a ride
The Times
Mr Toppit is party Royal Tenenbaums-style saga of dysfunctional family ... Part coming-of-age tale ... and part satire on the iniquities of celebrity and hype
Observer
Poignant and engaging
Mail on Sunday
A cracker. Elton has an arch wit, an engaging style and a sense of invention that recalls Jonathan Coe's What a Carve Up! ... You are gripped
Evening Standard
What begins as a robust comedy evolves into a dark, ironic family drama, a coming-of-age tale and an industry satire
Daily Mail
Elton is... going to be the Next Big Thing in darkly comic BritLit
Scotsman
Elton is a brilliant observer of the tics and stumblings of his characters' desires and weaknesses
Vogue
Painfully funny
Marie Claire
Whimsical, but spiced with darkness
Elle