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Drivetime Paperback – 21 August 2008
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James Meek
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Sounds like easy money: collecting an antique for a rich stranger. Alan Allen, freshly unemployed, short of cash, and caught up in a bizarre case of mistaken identity, is about to find out otherwise. But not before being swept on a European wild-goose chase in this refreshing, surreal and gloriously funny novel.
- Print length352 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication date21 August 2008
- ISBN-101847670296
- ISBN-13978-1847670298
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As though David Lynch has been let loose on the set of a drawing-room comedy. ― * The Times *
A compelling tour de force. The maniac energy of Kerouac pulses throughout the prose. Extraordinary. ― * Scotsman *
More Groundhog Day than Grand Tour, this is existential travel angst at its best. ― * Guardian *
One of the country's finest writers ― * GQ *
Outstanding. Not unlike finding yourself in a hall of mirrors. Meek has a gift for the surreal. ― * The Times *
A compelling tour de force. The maniac energy of Kerouac pulses throughout the prose. Extraordinary. ― * Scotsman *
More Groundhog Day than Grand Tour, this is existential travel angst at its best. ― * Guardian *
One of the country's finest writers ― * GQ *
Outstanding. Not unlike finding yourself in a hall of mirrors. Meek has a gift for the surreal. ― * The Times *
From the Inside Flap
Alan wants to start a new life in a new town but he's short of cash for a car to get him there. When he agrees to an egg-collecting assignment from a rich stranger he finds himself on a surreal journey across a Europe at war with itself, haunted by Mike, the baseball-bat-wielding literary purist, Deirdre, the maddening mental nurse, and a trail of destruction he began by mistake.
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'One of the country's finest writers.'
GQ
Sounds like easy money: hitting the road to collect an antique for a rich stranger. Alan Allen, short of cash and caught up in a bizarre case of mistaken identity, is about to find out otherwise. But not before being swept on a wild European goose-chase in this refreshing, surreal and gloriously funny road novel.
'Outstanding. Meek has a gift for the surreal. As though David Lynch has been let loose on the set of a drawing-room comedy.'
The Times
'More Groundhog Day than Grand Tour, this is existential travel angst at its best.'
Guardian
About the Author
James Meek is the author of six novels including The People's Act of Love which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won both the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize and the Scottish Arts Council Award. It has been published in more than thirty countries. Meek's last novel The Heart Broke In was shortlisted for the Costa Book Award and he has also written two collections of short stories and a book of non-fiction, Private Island,which won the 2015 Orwell Prize. He is a Contributing Editor to the London Review of Books and writes regularly for the Guardian and New York Times. He lives in London.
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- Language : English
- Paperback : 352 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1847670296
- ISBN-13 : 978-1847670298
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