A brilliantly observed story of crises and reconciliations within
families and stepfamilies and the conflict between Millennials and
their Baby Boomer parents. Funny, dark, yet limned with hope, Tim
Lott returns to a family saga - and social commentary - that began
with the award-winning White City Blue, continuing with When We
Were Rich. It is a story for everyone trying to make sense of a
sharply polarised world where the political has become personal and
the personal has become a minefield. Brighton, December 2019: a
teenage girl is on an early morning run along the seafront. In her
mind she is running away from something she hates, towards
something she fears. China's home is with her mother Veronica, her
pompous stepfather Silas and his dysfunctional son Mason. Her
father, Frankie, is in London, but they have little contact, his
entrenched views a provocation to her socially conscious ideals,
his Brexit-supporting girlfriend a jealous rival. Exhausted by
family tensions, when China leaves Brighton, her godfather Nodge,
Frankie's best friend, and his husband Owen are her first port of
call. But they, too, are beset by domestic conflict. Which leaves
only her father to takes her in. They argue, they spar, the fault
lines between them grow wider - and then coronavirus strikes.
Praise for When We Were Rich 'A sharp and very funny portrait of a
brash era which is also a surprisingly tender take on flawed
masculinity' Sarah Hughes, i paper 'What a terrific novel -
wickedly sharp, wildly entertaining - I was gripped from start to
finish. With its twisty plots and interwoven characters it paints a
vivid portrait of a crucial decade. It's laugh-out-loud funny, too.
And with property porn thrown in, what's not to like' Deborah
Moggach 'Wickedly funny and deeply humane. I loved this book' Sadie
Jones 'Tim Lott revisits the years between millennium fever and the
financial crisis, and brings this already long-lost era back to
life in a novel every bit as evocative and compelling as we would
expect from this prodigiously gifted author' Jonathan Coe 'Lott
delivers many hilarious and sad scenes of life in a long-term
relationship. He also explores the poignancy and fragility of male
friendships, in a manner reminiscent of Graham Swift's Last Orders.
. . [He is,] crucially, careful to linger over moral difficulty and
vulnerability rather than evading it' TLS 'Lott's carefully
observed period piece captures the mood of an era that now seems
like a lost world' Daily Mail
General
Imprint: |
Simon & Schuster
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
August 2022 |
Authors: |
Tim Lott
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Dimensions: |
234 x 153 x 26mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
368 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-398-50556-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-398-50556-0 |
Barcode: |
9781398505568 |
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