The Accidental
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A novel that pans in on the Norfolk holiday home of the Smart family one hot summer. There a beguiling stranger called Amber appears at the door bearing all sorts of unexpected gifts, trampling over f...
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A novel that pans in on the Norfolk holiday home of the Smart family one hot summer. There a beguiling stranger called Amber appears at the door bearing all sorts of unexpected gifts, trampling over family boundaries and sending each of the Smarts scurrying from the dark into the light. WINNER OF THE COSTA NOVEL OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE SALTIRE AWARD ''Joyous'' The Times The Accidental pans in on the Norfolk holiday home of the Smart family one hot summer. There a beguiling stranger called Amber appears at the door bearing all sorts of unexpected gifts, trampling over family boundaries and sending each of the Smarts scurrying from the dark into the light. A novel about the ways that seemingly chance encounters irrevocably transform our understanding of ourselves, The Accidental explores the nature of truth, the role of fate and the power of storytelling. *****''Brilliant and engaging, frequently hilarious. . Smith makes one look at the world afresh'' Sunday Telegraph ''Funny, sexy, poignant, bewitching'' Observer''A beguiling page-turner . . To read The Accidental is to be excited from first to last'' Independent
Detaljer
Forlag
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN
9780141010397
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
320
Udgivelsesdato
06-04-2006
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
106963
EAN nr.
9780141010397
Varegruppe
Fiction paperback
Højde/Dybde (mm)
129
Bredde (mm)
196
Længde (mm)
21
Vægt (g)
228