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Even a goldfish can dream of adventure...
From his enviable view from a balcony on the 27th floor of an apartment block, Ian the Goldfish has frequent – if fleeting – desires for a more exciting life. Until one day, a series of unfortunate events give him an opportunity to escape...
Our story begins, however, with the human inhabitants of Ian’s building. There is the handsome student, his girlfriend, and his mistress; an agoraphobic sex worker, the invisible caretaker; the pregnant woman on bed rest; and the home-schooled boy, Herman, who thinks he can travel through time.
And as Ian tumbles perilously downwards, he will witness all their lives, loves, triumphs and disasters...
A truly original, philosophically joyful and charming novel with the unlikeliest of heroes. This is Tales of the City as seen by a goldfish.
From his enviable view from a balcony on the 27th floor of an apartment block, Ian the Goldfish has frequent – if fleeting – desires for a more exciting life. Until one day, a series of unfortunate events give him an opportunity to escape...
Our story begins, however, with the human inhabitants of Ian’s building. There is the handsome student, his girlfriend, and his mistress; an agoraphobic sex worker, the invisible caretaker; the pregnant woman on bed rest; and the home-schooled boy, Herman, who thinks he can travel through time.
And as Ian tumbles perilously downwards, he will witness all their lives, loves, triumphs and disasters...
A truly original, philosophically joyful and charming novel with the unlikeliest of heroes. This is Tales of the City as seen by a goldfish.
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"Amazing" (Cosmopolitan)
"Quirky, ambitious, with a touch of serendipity" (Red Magazine)
"Refreshingly original...quirky and colourful - if you want something different and unexpected to read this summer, this is definitely a break from the norm. ****" (Heat Magazine)
"You’ll fall in love with this great book and its quirky characters" (Bella)
"To decide to weave an intricate ensemble tale around the everyday lives, hopes and desires of those who occupy a high-rise apartment block is ambitious. To then decide that the hero of the story will be a philosophical goldfish – and that the novel’s ending will be given away inside the opening chapter – is just plain ballsy. But Canadian writer Bradley Somer pulls off the feat with ease." (Shortlist)
"Brilliant and quirky" (Sun on Sunday, Fabulous Magazine)
"Quirky fun...I couldn’t help falling (sorry!) for such a clever, irrepressible read" (Woman and Home)
"An irrepressible novel―breezy, funny, sexy, and bursting with life. Bradley Somer has enormous affection and empathy for his cast of all-too-human characters (including the goldfish named Ian)." (Tom Perrotta)
"Fishbowl boasts an abundance of mordant whimsy" (James Morrow author of Galapagos Regained)
"Touching and well-written." (Kirkus)
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"Quirky, ambitious, with a touch of serendipity" (Red Magazine)
"Refreshingly original...quirky and colourful - if you want something different and unexpected to read this summer, this is definitely a break from the norm. ****" (Heat Magazine)
"You’ll fall in love with this great book and its quirky characters" (Bella)
"To decide to weave an intricate ensemble tale around the everyday lives, hopes and desires of those who occupy a high-rise apartment block is ambitious. To then decide that the hero of the story will be a philosophical goldfish – and that the novel’s ending will be given away inside the opening chapter – is just plain ballsy. But Canadian writer Bradley Somer pulls off the feat with ease." (Shortlist)
"Brilliant and quirky" (Sun on Sunday, Fabulous Magazine)
"Quirky fun...I couldn’t help falling (sorry!) for such a clever, irrepressible read" (Woman and Home)
"An irrepressible novel―breezy, funny, sexy, and bursting with life. Bradley Somer has enormous affection and empathy for his cast of all-too-human characters (including the goldfish named Ian)." (Tom Perrotta)
"Fishbowl boasts an abundance of mordant whimsy" (James Morrow author of Galapagos Regained)
"Touching and well-written." (Kirkus)
Tales of the City as seen by a goldfish - a charming and highly original literary novel
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- PublisherEbury Press (Fiction)
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 0091956935
- ISBN 13 9780091956936
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
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