First Day in Paradise, The (Paperback)

The First Day in Paradise tells the story of a young orphaned family who have been passed on from one set of relations to another, and whose eldest sibling, Adam, becomes enthralled by the impending opening nearby of a gigantic and beautiful shopping-mall by a flamboyant entrepreneur. To the consternation of his aunt and uncle, who run a small business, he joins the staff of one of its stores, and begins a dizzying ascent through the ranks, until circumstances induce him to question whether his entire value-system has become corrupted. Functioning both as social-economic critique, and as a personal moral fable about the conjuration of ambition from present-day consumer culture, The First Day in Paradise is an engrossing and layered tale loosely modelled on Dante's Paradiso, but most of all it's simply a great read.

General

Imprint:	John Hunt Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2016
Authors:	Stuart Walton
Dimensions:	222 x 142 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	424
ISBN-13:	978-1-78535-235-5
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	1-78535-235-0
Barcode:	9781785352355

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