'The funniest book I've read in ages. Savage but compelling' Ian
Rankin 'A fearless romp with big laughs along the way' Graham
Norton 'Funny, rumbustious, unstinting and wonderfully Hogarthian'
The Observer 'His relish is infectious' Times
_____________________________ What a thing of wonder a mobile phone
is. Six ounces of metal, glass and plastic, fashioned into a sleek,
shiny, precious object. At once, a gateway to other worlds - and a
treacherous weapon in the hands of the unwary, the unwitting, the
inept. The Cleverley family live a gilded life, little realising
how precarious their privilege is, just one tweet away from
disaster. George, the patriarch, is a stalwart of television
interviewing, a 'national treasure' (his words), his wife Beverley,
a celebrated novelist (although not as celebrated as she would
like), and their children, Nelson, Elizabeth, Achilles, various
degrees of catastrophe waiting to happen. Together they will go on
a journey of discovery through the Hogarthian jungle of the modern
living where past presumptions count for nothing and carefully
curated reputations can be destroyed in an instant. Along the way
they will learn how volatile, how outraged, how unforgiving the
world can be when you step from the proscribed path. Powered by
John Boyne's characteristic humour and razor-sharp observation, The
Echo Chamber is a satiric helter skelter, a dizzying downward
spiral of action and consequence, poised somewhere between farce,
absurdity and oblivion. To err is maybe to be human but to really
foul things up you only need a phone. 'Sharp, funny, and
beautifully written, but it's also a brilliant reflection on the
landscape we now live in' Sunday Times bestselling author, Joanna
Cannon
General
Imprint: |
Penguin (Transworld)
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
May 2022 |
Authors: |
John Boyne
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Dimensions: |
197 x 129 x 32mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
Pages: |
510 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5291-7674-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
1-5291-7674-3 |
Barcode: |
9781529176742 |
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