Everything You Know - Softcover

Heller, Zoë

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014103999X ISBN 13: 9780141039992

Publisher: Penguin, 2009

Synopsis

Everything You Know is the first novel from the bestselling author of Notes on a Scandal, Zoe Heller.

The women in Willy Muller's life are trouble.

His mother insists he eat tofu. His dopey girlfriend, Penny, wants him to overcome his personal space issues - while Karen, his other, even dopier, girlfriend, just wants more sex. Meanwhile, his oldest daughter, Sophie, wants him to finance her husband's drug habit.

But it's his youngest daughter, Sadie, who's giving him the biggest headache. Just before committing suicide three months ago, she sent Willy her diaries. Poring over the record of her empty life, he feels pangs of something unexpected . . . remorse. But isn't it a bit late for such sentimental guff?

Set in London, Hollywood and Mexico, Everything You Know is a supremely witty take on love, death and the age-old battle of the sexes.

'Instantly ranks her among the most interesting and exciting of British writers' Will Self

'Sharp and feisty, a riotous read' Tatler

'Fast paced and finely timed, veering from tragedy to farce to back again . . . full of brilliant observations' Harpers and Queen

'Seamlessly blends the sarcastic and the sincere, the comic and the tragic . . . stylish and spirited' New York Times

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.

About this title

Product Description:

The women in Willy Muller's life are trouble. His dopey girlfriend, Penny, wants him to overcome his personal space issues - while Karen, his other girlfriend, just wants more sex. Meanwhile, his oldest daughter, Sophie, wants him to finance her husband's drug habit. But it's his youngest daughter, Sadie, who's giving him the biggest headache.

Review:

Instantly ranks her among the most interesting and exciting of British writers (Will Self)

Fast paced and finely timed...ambitious and satisfying (Harpers and Queen)

Sharp and feisty...a riotous read (Tatler)

Seamlessly blends the sarcastic and the sincere, the comic and the tragic . . . stylish and spirited (New York Times)

A smashing success (Newsday)

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 014103999X
• ISBN 13: 9780141039992
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208