The Art of Failing
Notes from the Underdog
An Observer book of the yearHAUNTED! By endless tiny humiliations.STRUGGLING! To resurrect the corpse of his literary career.ENSNARED! In a loving yet bamboozling marriage.A man at odds with the universe, Anthony McGowan stumbles from one improbable fiasco to the next. On the mean streets of West Hampstead he reflects upon all that is at the heart of life itself ¿ socks with holes, underwhelming packed lunches, broken washing machines, Kierkegaard, liver salts, British Library eccentricities and disapproving ladies on trains. In this chronicle of one man¿s daily failures and disappointments, McGowan can¿t help but speak his mind ¿ with cringe…
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- ISBN: 978-1-78607-182-8
- EAN: 9781786071828
- Produktnummer: 23384303
- Verlag: Oneworld Publications
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Masse: H13.7 cm x B21.5 cm x D2.3 cm 310 g
- Gewicht: 310
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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Anthony McGowan worked as a nightclub bouncer, civil servant and Open University tutor before publishing his first novel for teenagers, Hellbent, in 2005. His other books include the critically acclaimed The Knife that Killed Me, the film of which was released in 2013. He lives in London with his wife and two children.
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