The hilarious third novel by the number one bestselling author of Life After Life - the ultimate 1970s campus novel.
Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear, like who her father was - variously Jimmy, Jack, or Ernie. Effie tells of her life at college in Dundee, where she lives in a lethargic relationship with Bob, a student who never goes to lectures, seldom gets out of bed, and to whom the Klingons are as real as the French and more.
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The hilarious third novel by the number one bestselling author of Life After Life - the ultimate 1970s campus novel.
Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear, like who her father was - variously Jimmy, Jack, or Ernie. Effie tells of her life at college in Dundee, where she lives in a lethargic relationship with Bob, a student who never goes to lectures, seldom gets out of bed, and to whom the Klingons are as real as the French and more.
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The hilarious third novel by the number one bestselling author of Life After Life - the ultimate 1970s campus novel.From the NUMBER 1 bestselling author of LIFE AFTER LIFE, SHRINES OF GAIETY and NORMAL RULES DON'T APPLYOn a peat and heather island off the west coast of Scotland, Effie and her mother Nora take refuge in the large mouldering house of their ancestors and tell each other stories.Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear, like who her father was - variously Jimmy, Jack, or Ernie. Effie tells of her life at college in Dundee, where she lives in a lethargic relationship with Bob, a student who never goes to lectures, seldom gets out of bed, and to whom the Klingons are as real as the French and the Germans (more real than the Luxemburgers).But strange things are happening. Why is Effie being followed? Why is everyone writing novels? Is someone killing the old people? And where is the mysterious yellow dog?'Sends jolts of pleasure off the page...Kate Atkinson's funniest foray yet...it is a work of Dickensian or even Shakespearean plenty' SCOTSMAN'A brilliant and profoundly original writer' DAILY TELEGRAPH
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“"Beautifully written…brimming with quirky characters and original storytelling.... Kate Atkinson has struck gold with this unique offering." Time Out "Sends jolts of pleasure off the page… Atkinson's funniest foray yet… a work of Dickensian or even Shakespearean plenty." The Scotsman "Funny, bold and memorable." The Times”
The lustre, energy and panache of her writing are as striking as ever...Funny, bold and memorable The Times
Beautifully written...brimming with quirky characters and original storytelling. Kate Atkinson has struck gold with this unique offering Time Out
Sends jolts of pleasure off the page...Atkinson's funniest foray yet...it is a work of Dickensian or even Shakespearean plenty The Scotsman
A truly comic novel - achingly funny in parts - challenging and executed with wit and mischief...hilarious and magical Daily Express
Her novels are remarkable both in and of themselves, and as evidence of an important emerging body of work from a brilliant and profoundly original writer Daily Telegraph
With just two novels, Atkinson has added new colour to the British literary landscape Guardian
About the Author
Kate Atkinson is one of the world's foremost novelists. She won the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year prize with her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Her three critically lauded and prizewinning novels set around World War II are Life After Life, A God in Ruins (both winners of the Costa Novel Award), and Transcription. She has also written five bestselling literary crime novels featuring former detective Jackson Brodie, the latest of which is Big Sky.Kate Atkinson was appointed MBE for services to literature in 2011.
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On a peat and heather island off the west coast of Scotland, Effie and her mother Nora take refuge in the large mouldering house of their ancestors and tell each other stories. Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear, like who her father was - variously Jimmy, Jack, or Ernie. Effie tells of her life at college in Dundee, the land of cakes and William Wallace, where she lives in a lethargic relationship with Bob, a student who never goes to lectures, seldom gets out of bed, and to whom the Klingons are as real as the French and the Germans (more real than the Luxemburgers). But strange things are happening. Why is Effie being followed? Is someone killing the old people? And where is the mysterious yellow dog? 'A TRULY COMIC NOVEL - ACHINGLY FUNNY IN PARTS - CHALLENGING AND EXECUTED WITH WIT AND MISCHIEF' Meera Syal, The Express 'SENDS JOLTS OF PLEASURE OFF THE PAGE...ATKINSON'S FUNNIEST FORAY YET...IT IS A WORK OF DICKENSIAN OR EVEN SHAKESPEAREAN PLENTY' Catherine Lockerbie, The Scotsman
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