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The King of China
Tilman Rammstedt
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Description for The King of China
Hardback. When Keith Stapperpfenning and his family give their grandfather the trip of a lifetime - an all-expenses-paid holiday to any destination in the world - the eccentric old man arbitrarily chooses China, and he asks Keith to accompany him. But when his grandfather dies unexpectedly, Keith is left to continue the farce alone. Translator(s): Derbyshire, Katy. Series: The German List. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 209 x 20. Weight in Grams: 312.
When Keith Stapperpfenning and his family give their grandfather the trip of a lifetime - an all-expenses-paid holiday to any destination in the world - the eccentric old man arbitrarily chooses China, and he asks Keith to accompany him. After Keith loses all the money for the journey at a casino, however, he goes into hiding - mostly under his desk - and his grandfather - equally uninterested in actually traveling to China - heads down the road to engage in a similar subterfuge. And it is here that the novel opens, with two men in hiding, mere miles apart. ... Read more
When Keith Stapperpfenning and his family give their grandfather the trip of a lifetime - an all-expenses-paid holiday to any destination in the world - the eccentric old man arbitrarily chooses China, and he asks Keith to accompany him. After Keith loses all the money for the journey at a casino, however, he goes into hiding - mostly under his desk - and his grandfather - equally uninterested in actually traveling to China - heads down the road to engage in a similar subterfuge. And it is here that the novel opens, with two men in hiding, mere miles apart. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Series
The German List
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Greenford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857421654
SKU
V9780857421654
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About Tilman Rammstedt
Tilman Rammstedt was born in Bielefeld in 1975 and lives in Berlin. He has published three novels and one short story collection in German. Katy Derbyshire has translated books by Inka Parei, Simon Urban, Dorothee Elmiger, Sibylle Lewitscharoff, and many others. She lives in the UK.
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