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Description for Martin Sloane
Paperback. Jolene Iolas, a student in upstate New York, encounters the work of Martin Sloane while visiting a Toronto gallery. She strikes up a correspondence with the older artist and eventually they become lovers. Then, without a word of warning, he vanishes, and Jolene loses everything to her grief. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 263. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
In 1984, Jolene Iolas, a student in upstate New York, encounters Martin Sloane's work while visiting a Toronto gallery. She strikes up a correspondence with the older artist, and eventually they become lovers. And then, without warning, without a word, he vanishes. There is no hint of his fate, no chain of cause and effect to be followed. Over the following months, Jolene sheds her life, losing everything, including her oldest friend, Molly, to her grief. Ten years pass, and Jolene begins to live with Martin's disappearance. But then the opportunity to confront her ghost arises. Word comes from, ... Read more
In 1984, Jolene Iolas, a student in upstate New York, encounters Martin Sloane's work while visiting a Toronto gallery. She strikes up a correspondence with the older artist, and eventually they become lovers. And then, without warning, without a word, he vanishes. There is no hint of his fate, no chain of cause and effect to be followed. Over the following months, Jolene sheds her life, losing everything, including her oldest friend, Molly, to her grief. Ten years pass, and Jolene begins to live with Martin's disappearance. But then the opportunity to confront her ghost arises. Word comes from, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099460268
SKU
KSS0000041
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About Michael Redhill
Michael Redhill is a poet and playwright. He lives in Toronto. Martin Sloane is his first novel.
Reviews for Martin Sloane
It is rare to read a novel that pulses with such pleasure that you don't want it to end, but this is what Redhill's debut delivers
Independent
A deeply moving first novel... profound and full of affection. It is a book of constant surprises.
Michael Ondaatje
Beautifully structured, and shards of cleverness and humour run through ... Read more
Independent
A deeply moving first novel... profound and full of affection. It is a book of constant surprises.
Michael Ondaatje
Beautifully structured, and shards of cleverness and humour run through ... Read more