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Mister Roberts
Alexei Sayle
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Description for Mister Roberts
Paperback. Critically acclaimed author Alexei Sayle introduces the curious tale of MISTER ROBERTS in his most funny and poignant novel yet. Num Pages: 192 pages, Line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 130.
Above a small village in Spain, an English costume designer sees a bright shining star lurch abruptly across the sky.On Christmas Day a strong, silent man with blank eyes enters Bar Noche Azul.
Only a thirteen year old boy could have guessed that there was any connection between the two.
Wonderfully inventive, darkly funny and thoughtful, MISTER ROBERTS is both an original coming-of-age story and an unusual take on the corrupting influence of power.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340961568
SKU
V9780340961568
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About Alexei Sayle
Alexei Sayle is a comedian, actor, presenter and writer. His television work as a writer and performer includes The Young Ones, Alexei Sayle`s Stuff, and The All New Alexei Sayle Show. He has written regularly for the Observer, Indepedent, Time Out, Car Magazine and Esquire and he has appeared in numerous films, from Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade to ... Read more
Reviews for Mister Roberts
'Ridiculously entertaining'
The Times
'A deliciously barmy, yet affecting cautionary tale...the considered, pitch-perfect prose of a talented novelist who also happens to have a wildly perverse imagination, and a store of beautifully delivered one-liners.'
Scotsman
Among the very few comedians to write fiction which can be taken seriously as literature . . . It's also extremely ... Read more
The Times
'A deliciously barmy, yet affecting cautionary tale...the considered, pitch-perfect prose of a talented novelist who also happens to have a wildly perverse imagination, and a store of beautifully delivered one-liners.'
Scotsman
Among the very few comedians to write fiction which can be taken seriously as literature . . . It's also extremely ... Read more