Human Croquet: A Novel by Kate Atkinson (English) Paperback Book

Description: Human Croquet by Kate Atkinson From the author of "Behind the Scenes at the Museum" comes a wildly inventive, deeply moving, and darkly comic tale of a young girls exploration of her past. At once a fairy tale, a mystery, and a family saga, by turns comic and tragic, the novel is rich with the disappointments and possibilities that every family shares. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description From the award-winning author of Life After Life comes Kate Atkinsons Human Croquet, part fairy tale, part mystery, part coming-of-age novel New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the YearHuman Croquet tells the story of Isobel Fairfax, a girl growing up in Lythe, a typical 1960s British suburb. But Lythe was once the heart of an Elizabethan feudal estate and home to a young English tutor named William Shakespeare, and as Isobel investigates the strange history of her family, her neighbors, and her village, she occasionally gets caught in Shakespearean time warps. Meanwhile, she gets closer to the shocking truths about her missing mother, her war-hero father, and the hidden lives of her close friends and classmates. A stunning feat of imagination and storytelling, Kate Atkinsons Human Croquet is rich with the disappointments and possibilities every family shares. Author Biography Kate Atkinson is the internationally bestselling author of the novels Life After Life, Human Croquet, Case Histories, One Good Turn, the short-story collection, Not the End of the World, and the Jackson Brodie crime series, which was adapted into the BBC TV show Case Histories. She lives in Edinburgh, UK. Review "A novel which will dazzle readers for years to come." --Hilary Mantel, London Review of Books "Human Croquet offers further proof that Kate Atkinson is off and running in quite a fantastic direction of her own devising." --Katharine Weber, The New York Times Book Review "[Kate Atkinson] writes such fluid, sparkling prose that an ingenious plot almost seems too much to ask, but we get it anyway." --Salon.com "A literary tour de force." --San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle "Intelligent, sympathetic, and terribly funny, this is simply a wonderful book." --Kate Tuttle, Boston Book Review "Vivid and intriguing . . . [Human Croquet] fizzes and crackles along." --Penelope Lively, The Independent (London) Review Quote Vivid and intriguing . . . [ Human Croquet ] fizzes and crackles along. Description for Reading Group Guide About this Guide The following author biography and list of questions about Human Croquet are intended as resources to aid individual readers and book groups who would like to learn more about the author and this book. We hope that this guide will provide you a starting place for discussion, and suggest a variety of perspectives from which you might approach Human Croquet . Details ISBN0312186886 Author Kate Atkinson Short Title HUMAN CROQUET Language English ISBN-10 0312186886 ISBN-13 9780312186883 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY FIC Year 1999 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Alternative 9781846572364 Imprint St Martins Press Residence Edinburgh, STK Subtitle A Novel DOI 10.1604/9780312186883 AU Release Date 1999-11-12 NZ Release Date 1999-11-12 US Release Date 1999-11-12 UK Release Date 1999-11-12 Pages 349 Publisher St Martins Press Publication Date 1999-11-12 Illustrations illustrations Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:7050465;

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