Description for Cleaver
Paperback. Overweight and overwrought, Howard Cleaver, London's successful journalist, abruptly abandons home, partner, mistresses and above all television, the instrument that brought him identity and power. Humiliated by his inability to understand the Tyrolese peasants, he discovers that there is nowhere so noisy and so dangerous as the solitary mind. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Overweight and overwrought, Howard Cleaver, London's most successful journalist, abruptly abandons home, partner, mistresses and above all television, the instrument that brought him identity and power. It is the autumn of 2004 and Cleaver has recently enjoyed the celebrity attending his memorable interview with the President of the United States and suffered uncomfortable scrutiny following the publication of his elder son's novelised autobiography. He flies to Milan and heads deep into the South Tyrol, fetching up in the village of Luttach. His quest: to find a remote mountain hut, to get beyond the reach of email, and the mobile phone, ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099481393
SKU
KAC0002028
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Tim Parks
Born in Manchester, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard. In 1981 he moved to Italy where he has lived ever since. He is the author of novels, non-fiction and essays, including Europa, Cleaver, A Season with Verona and Teach Us to Sit Still. He has won the Somerset Maugham, Betty Trask and Llewellyn ... Read more
Reviews for Cleaver
Scintillating and subtly nuanced narrative. The secret of its success? Masterful prose, just free-form enough to imitate the whirligig of thought. Parks deserves to take a bow
Alastair Sooke
New Statesman
Tim Parks is one of Britain's most underrated authors...His latest book, Cleaver, is a dense, intriguing novel, prickly and strange...The novel's portrait of a disintegrating mind ... Read more
Alastair Sooke
New Statesman
Tim Parks is one of Britain's most underrated authors...His latest book, Cleaver, is a dense, intriguing novel, prickly and strange...The novel's portrait of a disintegrating mind ... Read more