From the Booker-shortlisted author of To Rise Again at a Decent Hour comes a novel about fathers, sons, thwarted dreams and confronting the reality of who we really are
Charlie Barnes is a mid-century man devoted to his newspaper and his landline. But Charlie is about to get dragged into our troubled age by his storyteller son, who has a different idea of him than he has of himself. Then there are his other children, his ex-wives, present wife, business clients, friends and acquaintances, all of whom have their competing opinions of Charlie.
He certainly seems simple enough: he's a striver, a romantic, and a thoroughgoing capitalist. But suddenly blindsided by the Great Recession and a dose of bad news, he might have to rethink his life from top to bottom, and on short notice. What makes a man real? What makes him good? And how does the story we tell about ourselves line up with the lives that we actually live?
ISBN |
9780241972953 |
Hoofdtitel |
A Calling for Charlie Barnes |
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Categorieën |
Fictie |
Druk |
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Verschijningsvorm |
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Verschijningsdatum |
10-03-2022 |
Uitgever |
Veltman Distributie Import Books |
Auteur |
Joshua Ferris |
Imprint |
Viking UK |
Taal |
English |
Illustraties |
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Pagina's |
352 |
Gewicht |
247 gr |
Formaat |
198 x 129 x 14 |