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'Younger writes with great vigour and playfulness’ -- Nicholas Royle, Independent on Sunday
‘A deeply English dystopia...Each of Lingus’s perceptions is lovingly worked, and so is each minor character’s speaking voice’ -- The Guardian
‘Bizarre, macabre, devilishly satirical and, above all, a beautifully written debut novel.’ -- Waterstones Books Quarterly
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‘A deeply English dystopia...Each of Lingus’s perceptions is lovingly worked, and so is each minor character’s speaking voice’ -- The Guardian
‘Bizarre, macabre, devilishly satirical and, above all, a beautifully written debut novel.’ -- Waterstones Books Quarterly
A brilliantly original novel set in a dystopian future London.
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- PublisherJonathan Cape Ltd
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0224077651
- ISBN 13 9780224077651
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
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Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped (£11.99 price intact). Published by Jonathan Cape, 2006. Octavo. Pictorial wraps. Signed and inscribed by author on dedication page. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Light toning to page ends. 308 pages. ISBN: 9780224077651. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!. Seller Inventory # 118814
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF. Debut novel. As new, unread, FINE condition. Includes advertising flyer for the book. Synopsis: author takes us to London, but not quite the one we know. The King of England has converted to Roman Catholicism, along with his sons, and has abdicated in favour of his brother, now known as Andy One. Sickened by years of corrupt and incompetent presidents, the United States has petitioned Andy One to resume sovereignty over America. In England, the government of Christian Coalition Socialists has been ousted in a coup d'etat. The survivors have gone underground, led by High John the Conqueror, chief of the Flagellants, a squad of paramilitary sadomasochists. To escape arrest and execution, High John (real name Organ McWhinny) fakes his own death and disappears, so successfully that his son Lingus, a boy in his mid teens, believes him to be dead. Motherless and fatherless, Lingus takes to the streets.Resolute and cheerful in adversity, Lingus tells his story with huge comic gusto. We watch him stagger to manhood, encumbered by a carnival crew of grotesques amid the epochal political and religious upheavals of his time. "High John the Conqueror" is a dark comedy, written at the Devil's dictation. Seller Inventory # 000120
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