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Golden Richards, husband to four wives, father to twenty-eight children, is having the mother of all mid-life crises. His construction business is failing, his family has grown into an overpopulated mini-dukedom beset with insurrection and rivalry, and he is done in with grief: due to the accidental death of a daughter and the stillbirth of a son, he has come to doubt the capacity of his own heart. Brady Udall, one of America's best young fiction writers, tells a tragicomic story of a deeply faithful man who, crippled by grief and the demands of work, religion and family, becomes entangled in an affair that threatens to destroy his family's future. Like John Irving and Richard Yates, Udall's characters engage us to the fullest as they grapple with the nature of need, love and belonging. A beautifully written comic masterpiece, keenly observed and ultimately redemptive, The Lonely Polygamist is the unforgettable story of an American family - with its inevitable dysfunctionality, heartbreak and comedy - pushed to its outer limits.
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'A brilliant comic writer..this novel is full of laugh-out-loud moments...but is equally adept at heartbreaking tragedy.' -- Sunday Herald
Throughout The Lonely Polygamist, Udall demonstrates a wonderful ability to move the reader one way or the other. -- Sunday Herald Review, Doug Johnstone
He is a brilliant comic writer, and this novel is full of laugh-out-loud moments and running jokes. -- Sunday Herald Review, Doug Johnstone
`It's funny, but not simply a comic novel; Udall has some wonderful observations about the dynamics of family life.' -- The Times
`This 600 page entertainment presents a cast of memorable characters' --Daily Mail
'The Lonely Polygamist is THE novel of 2010'
--Book Munch
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Throughout The Lonely Polygamist, Udall demonstrates a wonderful ability to move the reader one way or the other. -- Sunday Herald Review, Doug Johnstone
He is a brilliant comic writer, and this novel is full of laugh-out-loud moments and running jokes. -- Sunday Herald Review, Doug Johnstone
`It's funny, but not simply a comic novel; Udall has some wonderful observations about the dynamics of family life.' -- The Times
`This 600 page entertainment presents a cast of memorable characters' --Daily Mail
'The Lonely Polygamist is THE novel of 2010'
--Book Munch
From the author of the legendary novel The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint, a highly anticipated new novel about the American Family writ large.
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- PublisherJonathan Cape
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0224078062
- ISBN 13 9780224078061
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages608
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