| A Clue to the Exit Contributor(s): St Aubyn, Edward (Author) |
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ISBN: 1250046033 ISBN-13: 9781250046031 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $15.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Satire |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2015018598 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.40 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A beautifully modulated novel that shows Edward St. Aubyn at his sparkling best Charlie Fairburn, successful screenwriter, ex-husband, and absent father, has been given six months to live. He resolves to stake half his fortune on a couple of turns of the roulette wheel and, to his agent's disgust, to write a novel-about death. In the casino he meets his muse. Charlie grows as addicted to writing fiction as she is to gambling. His novel is set on a train and involves a group of characters (familiar to readers of St. Aubyn's earlier work) who are locked in a debate about the nature of consciousness. As this train gets stuck at Didcot, and Charlie gets more passionately entangled with the dangerous Angelique, A Clue to the Exit comes to its startling climax. Exquisitely crafted, witty, and thoughtful, Edward St. Aubyn's dazzling novel probes the very heart of being. |
Contributor Bio(s): St Aubyn, Edward: - Edward St. Aubyn was born in London in 1960. He is the author of A Clue to the Exit and On the Edge; a series of novels about the Melrose family, including the trilogy Some Hope; and Mother's Milk, which was shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize. |