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Lizzie is lonely. Her parents have gone and her brother, who believes he's a woman, is missing. Most of all, though, Lizzie is preoccupied by Sally, her former lover who has gone off with a man with a fat neck. Despite the best efforts of Petula, who lives downstairs from her, and Ruby, who runs the cafe where she works, Lizzie can't get Sally out of her mind. She starts to stalk her, collecting bathroom fluff, dust and pubes from Sally's bed - all the things that somehow prove that life is taking place without her. She needs this proof as her mind is becoming increasingly muddled. "In Search of the Missing Eyelash" is a novel about home and love and loss and what can become undone when we try to make it all better. It's also about gender and sex and it flips from heartbreaking to hilarious within the stroke of an eyelash. It marks the debut of a wonderful new writer.
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Review:
`loneliness, love and loss seep from this bittersweet debut novel ... the
agony of longing will strike a chord with any reader...'
-- Financial Times
`the novel explores homosexuality, loss and rejection... Lizzie is real and
believable" -- Time Out Magazine
'A marvellous debut: honest, funny and sad. I loved it.' -- Sarah Waters
'It's a sparkling novel...so sweetly funny throughout... beautiful
and true.'
-- Peter Hobbs
'an unusually striking first novel'
-- Observer
'dry, deadpan, intriguing style...manages to combine sitcom-style
farce with movingly understated heartache.' -- Guardian
'sensitive, ferocious and very funny' -- New Statesman
`A sad yet captivating tale of modern unrequited love'
-- Easy Living
`Hilarious and poetic...it pulls love and gentleness out of
nowhere... Wonderful.' -- Ali Smith
`my favourite read of the year; a lovely, poignant, funny book'
-- Sarah Waters
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agony of longing will strike a chord with any reader...'
-- Financial Times
`the novel explores homosexuality, loss and rejection... Lizzie is real and
believable" -- Time Out Magazine
'A marvellous debut: honest, funny and sad. I loved it.' -- Sarah Waters
'It's a sparkling novel...so sweetly funny throughout... beautiful
and true.'
-- Peter Hobbs
'an unusually striking first novel'
-- Observer
'dry, deadpan, intriguing style...manages to combine sitcom-style
farce with movingly understated heartache.' -- Guardian
'sensitive, ferocious and very funny' -- New Statesman
`A sad yet captivating tale of modern unrequited love'
-- Easy Living
`Hilarious and poetic...it pulls love and gentleness out of
nowhere... Wonderful.' -- Ali Smith
`my favourite read of the year; a lovely, poignant, funny book'
-- Sarah Waters
'It's tremendous! It's so good about loneliness and want... such a mix of hilarious and poetic and delicate and tough.... Wonderful' - Ali Smith
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- PublisherJonathan Cape Ltd
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0224080822
- ISBN 13 9780224080828
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
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