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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Picador
ISBN-10
0312186886
ISBN-13
9780312186883
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2129210
Product Key Features
Book Title
Human Croquet : a Novel
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1999
Topic
Family Life, Literary
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"A novel which will dazzle readers for years to come." -Hilary Mantel, London Review of Books " Human Croquet offers further proof that Kate Atkinson is off and running in quite a fantastic direction of her own devising." -Katharine Weber, The New York Times Book Review "[Kate Atkinson] writes such fluid, sparkling prose that an ingenious plot almost seems too much to ask, but we get it anyway." - Salon.com "A literary tour de force." - San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle "Intelligent, sympathetic, and terribly funny, this is simply a wonderful book."-Kate Tuttle, Boston Book Review "Vivid and intriguing . . . [ Human Croquet ] fizzes and crackles along."-Penelope Lively, The Independent (London), "A literary tour de force."-- San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle " Human Croquet offers further proof that Kate Atkinson is off and running in quite a fantastic direction of her own devising."--Katharine Weber, The New York Times Book Review "[Kate Atkinson] writes such fluid, sparkling prose that an ingenious plot almost seems too much to ask, but we get it anyway."-- Salon.com "A novel which will dazzle readers for years to come."--Hilary Mantel, London Review of Books, [Kate Atkinson] writes such fluid, sparkling prose that an ingenious plot almost seems too much to ask, but we get it anyway., Human Croquet offers further proof that Kate Atkinson is off and running in quite a fantastic direction of her own devising., "Atkinson's language is a joy . . . Like all the best fairy tales,Human Croquetis appalling and disturbing even as it is reassuring."-Valerie Sayers,Commonweal "Human Croquetoffers further proof that Kate Atkinson is off and running in a quite fantastic direction of her own devising . . . Full of ambiguities and neat surprises."-Katharine Weber,The New York Times Book Review "A literary tour de force of emotional and linguistic complexity . . . Atkinson specializes in audacity, which she offers up with irresistible humor and grace . . . If all of this is great fun, it's also surprisingly moving."-Rebecca Radner,The San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle "Intelligent, sympathetic, and terribly funny, this is simply a wonderful book."-Kate Tuttle,Boston Book Review "Vivid and intriguing . . . fizzes and crackles along."-Penelope Lively,The Independent, "A literary tour de force."--San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle "Human Croquetoffers further proof that Kate Atkinson is off and running in quite a fantastic direction of her own devising."--Katharine Weber,The New York Times Book Review "[Kate Atkinson] writes such fluid, sparkling prose that an ingenious plot almost seems too much to ask, but we get it anyway."--Salon.com "A novel which will dazzle readers for years to come."--Hilary Mantel,London Review of Books, "A novel which will dazzle readers for years to come." -- Hilary Mantel, London Review of Books " Human Croquet offers further proof that Kate Atkinson is off and running in quite a fantastic direction of her own devising." -- Katharine Weber, The New York Times Book Review "[Kate Atkinson] writes such fluid, sparkling prose that an ingenious plot almost seems too much to ask, but we get it anyway." -- Salon.com "A literary tour de force." -- San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle "Intelligent, sympathetic, and terribly funny, this is simply a wonderful book." -- Kate Tuttle, Boston Book Review "Vivid and intriguing . . . [ Human Croquet ] fizzes and crackles along." -- Penelope Lively, The Independent (London)
Synopsis
From the award-winning author of Life After Life comes Kate Atkinson's Human Croquet , part fairy tale, part mystery, part coming-of-age novel New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year Human Croquet tells the story of Isobel Fairfax, a girl growing up in Lythe, a typical 1960s British suburb. But Lythe was once the heart of an Elizabethan feudal estate and home to a young English tutor named William Shakespeare, and as Isobel investigates the strange history of her family, her neighbors, and her village, she occasionally gets caught in Shakespearean time warps. Meanwhile, she gets closer to the shocking truths about her missing mother, her war-hero father, and the hidden lives of her close friends and classmates. A stunning feat of imagination and storytelling, Kate Atkinson's Human Croquet is rich with the disappointments and possibilities every family shares., New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year Part fairy tale, part mystery, part coming-of-age novel, this novel tells the story of Isobel Fairfax, a girl growing up in Lythe, a typical 1960s British suburb. But Lythe was once the heart of an Elizabethan feudal estate and home to a young English tutor named William Shakespeare, and as Isobel investigates the strange history of her family, her neighbors, and her village, she occasionally gets caught in Shakespearean time warps. Meanwhile, she gets closer to the shocking truths about her missing mother, her war-hero father, and the hidden lives of her close friends and classmates. A stunning feat of imagination and storytelling, Kate Atkinson's Human Croquet is rich with the disappointments and possibilities every family shares.
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