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Matthew Kneale - Small Crimes in an Age of Abundance - 9780330435352 - KIN0005106
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Small Crimes in an Age of Abundance

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Description for Small Crimes in an Age of Abundance Paperback. From the bestselling author of the award winning The English Passengers, a collection of stories - funny, wise, audacious and exquisitely told - which, combined, build a powerful literary meditation on Britain today. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244. Clean copy in good condition

Matthew Kneale takes us on a journey around today's uncertain world. From England to South America, China to the Middle East, the United States to Africa, Kneale applies his gifts as a master storyteller, vividly capturing the lives of ordinary people as they struggle to live, and to do the right thing, often managing neither.

By turns painful, moving and wickedly funny, Small Crimes in an Age of Abundance gains momentum until the world seems to be revealed to us in a new way. This is a groundbreaking work by a master of the uncertainties of our time.

`Every bit ... Read more

'Kneale does not judge. Like a film director in a silent sequence, he reveals. He is witty, compassionate; he understands all sides’ Independent

`The title is a cunning one, anticipating ironies and paradoxes that run through this collection of stories . . . It is good to have [Matthew Kneale] back. He is a well-travelled writer, at ease in a wide range of fictional settings . . . a fine, subtle talent’ Sunday Telegraph

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Product Details

Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780330435352
SKU
KIN0005106
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Matthew Kneale
Matthew Kneale lives in Rome with his wife and two children. His bestselling novel English Passengers was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and winner of the 2000 Whitbread Book of the Year Award . His other awards include the Somerset Maugham Prize (for Mr. Foreigner ) and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (for Sweet Thames).

Reviews for Small Crimes in an Age of Abundance
"'Every bit the equal of his Whitbread winner English Passengers, this collection of short stories is instantly engaging... With the precision of an assassin, Kneale propels his readers towards killer punchlines... the wit and ease of his style make this a thoroughly pleasurable way to pique one's conscience' Time Out 'Kneale does not judge. Like a film director in a ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Small Crimes in an Age of Abundance


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