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James Jones has a job as a junior partner in a law firm . Nothing seems to happen in his life, but he does not seem to mind. Michael Donovan, meanwhile, is a world class international lawyer and advocate. The two men meet and Jones thinks that he too, could have a life of significance.
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'Immensely well-written, original, inventive and most readable' Guardian
'An excellent debut, crisply written and full of dark observations of the fragility of worldly success' Daily Telegraph
'Fresh and funny' Independent on Sunday
'Something of a coup...O'Neill knows his subject and comments incisively on the legal fetishism of language and intellect with a light touch' TLS
'An engaging first novel' GQ
'An assured, inventive performance' Irish Times
Joseph O’Neill is an Irish barrister living in New York. He is the author of two other novels, ‘Netherland’, which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and ‘The Breezes’, and a memoir, ‘Blood-Dark Track’.
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- PublisherFaber & Faber
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0571165249
- ISBN 13 9780571165247
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
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