Checker And the Derailleurs (Contemporary American Fiction) - Softcover

Shriver, Lionel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140120580 ISBN 13: 9780140120585

Publisher: Penguin, 1989

Synopsis

Worshiped by his fans and fellow band members, the Derailleurs, Checker Secretti seems to live a charmed existence until another musician's admiration and envy sparks off strange events and ultimate tragedy

About this title

Review:

‘Shriver is a lively storyteller, and she keeps readers guessing to the end. . . . Checker and the Derailleurs, like its beguiling protagonist, is hard to forget’ People Magazine

‘Checker triumphant is the key, a boy so radiant that his creator (she wrote The Female of the Species) has fallen in love with him. And so has the reader’ Publisher’s Weekly

‘Funny, clever, and touching’ Library Journal

About the Author:

Lionel Shriver’s novels include the National Book Award finalist So Much for That, the New York Times bestseller The Post-Birthday World, and the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin. Her journalism has appeared in the Guardian and the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and many other publications. She lives in London and Brooklyn, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0140120580
• ISBN 13: 9780140120585
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336