Publisher's Synopsis
In this, his most famous book, O examines the devastation, fear and shame of fathering a brain-damaged child. The central character is Bird, a frustrated intellectual in a failing marriage, who dreams of an escape to Africa.
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In this, his most famous book, O examines the devastation, fear and shame of fathering a brain-damaged child. The central character is Bird, a frustrated intellectual in a failing marriage, who dreams of an escape to Africa.
Picador publishes outstanding international writing, fiction and non-fiction, in both hardback and paperback, and has numerous prize winners on its list. Picador has established a reputation for literary fiction with a broad commercial appeal, groundbreaking non-fiction, (particularly, reportage, literary biography and memoir) and a formidable poetry list, which has consistently won many of the major prizes.
ISBN: | 9780330344357 |
Publisher: | Macmillan |
Imprint: | Picador |
Pub date: | 12 Jan 1996 |
Edition: | Reprints |
DEWEY: | 895.635 |
DEWEY edition: | 20 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 165 |
Weight: | 134g |
Height: | 197mm |
Width: | 130mm |
Spine width: | 12mm |