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Description for And Sons
Paperback. Who is A. N. Dyer? For fans of 'The Art of Fielding' and 'Wonder Boys' - this is the panoramic, deeply affecting story of an iconic novelist and the heartbreaking truths that fiction can hide. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 314.
Who is A. N. Dyer? For fans of ‘The Art of Fielding’ and ‘Wonder Boys’ – this is the panoramic, deeply affecting story of an iconic novelist and the heartbreaking truths that fiction can hide.
A.N. Dyer is America’s most mysterious literary recluse, his cult book ‘Ampersand’ treasured by angst-ridden adolescents everywhere. But seventeen years ago, the unexpected arrival of a new baby Dyer wrecked the writer’s relationship with his wife and their own teenage sons.
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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007552818
SKU
KLJ0015470
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2
About David Gilbert
David Gilbert is the author of the short-story collection ‘Remote Feed’ and the novel ‘The Normals’. His stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Harper's, GQ and Bomb. He lives in New York City with his wife and three children.
Reviews for And Sons
‘Richly entertaining … beautifully realised and very funny … A book [which] has the rare quality of being funny without being silly, serious without being solemn, and powerfully moving without being either sentimental or coercive’ Guardian ‘This is a magisterial novel, complex, sophisticated, filled with literary play … ... Read more