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WINNER OF THE EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE 2016 A comic masterpiece
about love, art, greed and the banking crisis, from the author of
Skippy Dies What links the Investment Bank of Torabundo,
www.myhotswaitress.com (yes, hots with an s, don't ask), an art
heist, a novel called For the Love of a Clown, a four-year-old boy
named after TV detective Remington Steele, a lonely French banker,
a tiny Pacific island, and a pest control business run by an ex-KGB
man? You guessed it . . . The Mark and the Void is Paul Murray's
madcap new novel of institutional folly, following the success of
his wildly original breakout hit, Skippy Dies. While marooned at
his banking job in the bewilderingly damp and insular realm known
as Ireland, Claude Martingale is approached by a down-on-his-luck
author, Paul, looking for his next great subject. Claude finds that
his life gets steadily more exciting under Paul's fictionalizing
influence; he even falls in love with a beautiful waitress. But
Paul's plan is not what it seems-and neither is Claude's employer,
the Bank of Torabundo, which inflates through dodgy takeovers and
derivatives-trading until-well, you can probably guess how that
shakes out. The Mark and the Void is a stirring examination of the
deceptions carried out in the names of art, love and commerce - and
is also probably the funniest novel ever written about a financial
crisis.
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Imprint: |
Penguin Books
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
February 2016 |
Authors: |
Paul Murray
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 32mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
458 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-241-95386-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-241-95386-3 |
Barcode: |
9780241953860 |
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