It's 2008 and Norman Price - a moderately successful forty-something playwright living in Chicago - considers the shuddering impact of the financial crash. What's needed, he thinks, is the will for a new existence.
When his parents die, one shortly after the other, The New Existence becomes Norman's mantra as he tries to recalibrate his own shaken world. Into Norman's tentative re-building, a couple of bombshells are dropped. His parents' old house has to go on the market, forcing him to revisit the past. And then he receives a mysterious email from a man he has never met but whose name is instantly, painfully, familiar. Norman's new existence is suddenly threatened by past secrets.
Michael Collins takes post 9/11 America as the background for a deeply moving novel about complex identities and the fragility of humanity.
General
Imprint: |
Head of Zeus
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
July 2016 |
Authors: |
Michael Collins
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Dimensions: |
228 x 145 x 26mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
330 |
Edition: |
UK Airports |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-78497-495-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-78497-495-1 |
Barcode: |
9781784974954 |
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