Michael Nelson

`A promising debut. Here is rollicking, yet far from vacuous, entertainment.` - Birmingham Post `An amusing and capable first novel.` - The Observer `Amusing and racy. The tricks of the trade are woven into a well-constructed plot.` - The Star `A rattling good novel . . . pleasant hours in the company of men who love books, angling and wine - what better ingredients can one ask from a novel?` - The Publisher Business is slow at the provincial bookshop owned by young Michael Ransome, which suits him fine, since he`d rather be asleep or drunk than at work anyway. Unfortunately, there`s the small problem of earning a living, but Ransome thinks he`s found a solution. Sir Jeremy Etchingham`s library is set to be auctioned...

Дата выхода: январь 2013

`[Nelson`s] style is swift and straightforward, his narrative gift considerable ... Consistently diverting, this may be the novel about homosexuality to end all novels on the subject .. . [W]ill make many a reader`s day.` - Julian MacLaren-Ross, Punch `Talented, amusing ... the story is told with sustained suspense: the various men in it are not merely types, but flesh and blood, even if one wishes that Patrick had never been born.` - John Betjeman, Daily Telegraph `Odiously funny and delightfully unwholesome ... a distinct relief after the ponderous treatment homosexuality has tended to get in some recent novels.` - Sunday Times `[S]harp, witty, malicious ... wonderfully developed in the best Machiavellian tradition.` -...

Дата выхода: январь 2014