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Zoë Heller's darkly comic third novel, The Believers explores a family pushed to its limits.
When Audrey makes a devastating discovery about her husband, New York radial lawyer Joel Litvinoff, she is forced to re-examine everything she thought she knew about their forty-year marriage. Joel's children will soon have to come to terms with this unsettling secret themselves, but for the meantime, they are trying tot cope with their own dilemmas.
Rosa, a disillusioned revolutionary, is grappling with a new found attachment to Orthodox Judaism. Karla, an unhappily married social worker, is falling in love with an unlikely suitor at the hospital where she works. Adopted brother Lenny is back on drugs again.
In the course of battling their own demons and each other, every member of the family is called upon to decide what - if anything - they still believe in.
'Profoundly satisfying. No other novel would readily stand in its stead . . . pulses with thematic and intellectual content . . . Heller's prose is clean, warm and smart' Lionel Shriver, Daily Telegraph
'Astonishingly well-observed and stunningly written, a subtle, funny family farce . . . in its thundering confidence, The Believers is the work of a writer at the top of her game' Guardian
Zoë Heller is the author of three novels, Everything You Know, Notes on a Scandal, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2003 and The Believers. The 2006 film adaptation of Notes on a Scandal, starring Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench, received four Oscar nominations. She lives in New York.
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`Astonishingly well-observed, its virtuoso prose compressed and beautiful. Zoë Heller possesses true brilliance as a writer...large, intelligent and stunningly written...a subtle, funny and dark family farce about faith and identity...in its thundering confidence and lyricism, The Believers is the work of a writer at the top of her game' -- Guardian
`One of the outstanding novels of the year...funny and elegant' -- Sunday Times
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`One of the outstanding novels of the year...funny and elegant' -- Sunday Times
And for her next trick, perfection...a wicked satire of New York's liberal elite and their 1960s dreams
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'One of the outstanding novels of the year' Peter Kemp, Sunday TimesWhen Audrey makes a devastating discovery about her husband, New York radical lawyer Joel Litvinoff, she is forced to re-examine everything she thought she knew about their forty-year marriage.Joel's children will soon have to come to terms with this unsettling secret themselves, but for the meantime, they are trying to cope with their own dilemmas.Rosa, a disillusioned revolutionary, is grappling with a new-found attachment to Orthodox Judaism. Karla, an unhappily married social worker, is falling in love with an unlikely suitor at the hospital where she works.Adopted brother Lenny is back on drugs again.In the course of battling their own demons and each other, every member of the family is called upon to decide what - if anything - they still believe in.'Funny, moving, very, very true. A brilliant, brilliant book' Daily Mail'One of only two British novelists whose work you wouldn't want to miss' David Hare, Guardian, Books of the Year'A dark beautiful drama. Heller has got the stuff we look for in our best novelists- the sentences, the constant drift towards truth' Joseph O'Neill, Guardian, Books of the Year'Hilarious. a brilliant analysis of what makes families tick' Sunday Express When Audrey makes a devastating discovery about her husband, New York radial lawyer Joel Litvinoff, she is forced to re-examine everything she thought she knew about their forty-year marriage. Joel's children will soon have to come to terms with this unsettling secret themselves, but for meantime, they are trying tot cope with their own dilemmas. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780141024677
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