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The War for Gloria (Hardcover, Main)
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The War for Gloria (Hardcover, Main)
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'A legendary writer entirely on his own account' Observer
'Stunningly good' Guardian Gloria Goltz's intellectual ambitions
are derailed when she meets Leonard at college. Self-taught,
blue-collar, possessor of an aggressive intelligence, Leonard
claims to hold the key to unlocking her potential. After making her
pregnant, he disappears. Her son Corey grows up without a father,
looking for a male role model - and restless, dreaming of a great
adventure. Instead, when Corey is fifteen, Gloria is diagnosed with
motor neuron disease, and his estranged father - this man of
domineering charisma and dubious moral character - returns.
Determined to be his mother's hero at any cost, Corey begins
shouldering responsibility for her expensive medical care, pushing
himself to his physical and emotional limits as her disease
progresses. And as Leonard's influence over son and mother grows,
Corey must dismantle the myth of his father's genius and confront
the evil that lurks beneath it. Atticus Lish won a Pen/Faulkner
award for his debut Preparation for the Next Life, a novel
'described as the finest and most unsentimental love story of the
new decade' in The New York Times. His second novel confirms Lish
as a beguiling storyteller and a prose stylist of extraordinary
emotional reach and beauty.
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Imprint: |
Serpent's Tail
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
May 2022 |
First published: |
2021 |
Authors: |
Atticus Lish
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Dimensions: |
236 x 160 x 44mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Trade binding
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Pages: |
448 |
Edition: |
Main |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-80081-267-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-80081-267-1 |
Barcode: |
9781800812673 |
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