Laughter in a Dark Wood (Paperback)

With his talent for self-inflicted disaster and his inability to hold onto either a job or a woman, Bernard Steinway, hero of Gilbert's wryly funny first novel, is like a mixture of Hamlet and Oblomov, played by Woody Allen. This is an Anglo-Jewish comedy with a cast of interfering friends and relations which is determined to see the hapless Bernard through life's obstacle race - a skilful debut. (Kirkus UK)

A Jewish comic novel, driven by a humour which is both black and bittersweet. A road movie of the mind, it follows Bernard Steinway--an alienated, isolated Jewish intellectual--as he attempts to find a sense of purpose following the collapse of his marriage. His search is both desperate and deluded moving from one self-inflicted disaster to another. In the end he believes himself cured and finally leaves his therapist--he may be convinced that he has regained his sanity but the rest of us know better.

"Unceasingly witty and incisive. This is an exceedingly well written, wonderfully arresting debut."--"The Times"

General

Imprint:	Dewi Lewis Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 1999
First published:	April 2002
Authors:	Peter Gilbert
Dimensions:	220 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-1-899235-12-4
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	1-899235-12-4
Barcode:	9781899235124

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