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An examination of a family subjected to misfortune of absurd but tragic proportions, and of the mechanisms for coping with that misfortune - blind optimism, cynicism, the pretence that things aren't happening and, ultimately, the desire to laugh. By the author of "This is the Life".
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‘What is the correct response to random tragedy? This dilemma is at the heart of Joseph O’Neill’s fine second novel ... O’Neill’s considerable achievement is to render all these disasters at once deeply affecting and extremely funny ... This is a novel about losers forced to become winners, and it works’ Guardian
‘Using wonderfully extravagant prose, both lyrical and earthy, O’Neill pulls off that rare thing - poignant farce’ Observer
‘Impressively, O’Neill handles tragedy and farce with equal aplomb ... the book ends with an optimism as irresistible as it is hard won’ Independent on Sunday
‘A hilarious chronicle of life’s crappiness ... O’Neill captures our peculiar mannerisms and shifting moods with style and precision, and his depictions of the moments when hilarity drifts into hysteria are always brilliant’ TLS
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 ‘This is the Life’, and a memoir, ‘Blood-Dark Track’.
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- PublisherFaber & Faber
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0571172571
- ISBN 13 9780571172573
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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Book Description Paperback. A brilliant and darkly comic novel from the Man Booker Prize longlisted author of 'Netherland'. Fourteen years ago Mary Breeze was killed by lightning - it should have been all the bad luck that the Breeze family were due but, as John Breeze is about to find out, this couldn't be further from the truth. 'The Breezes' is John Breeze's account of his family's most hellish fortnight - when insurance policies, security systems and lucky underpants are pitted against redundancy, burglary and relegation - and lose. John (a failing chair-maker) and his father (railway manager and rubbish football referee) are only feebly equipped with shaky religious notions, management maxims and cynical postures as they try to come to terms with the absurd unfairness of lightning striking twice. From the conflict between blind optimism and cynicism, to the urge to pretend that things just aren't happening, 'The Breezes' is wonderfully clever and comic novel about desperately trying to cope with the worst of bad luck. This is a used book in good condition, meaning that it shows signs of wear but has no major defects.Most of our images are sourced automatically, so the book cover shown might be different to the edition we have in stock. Seller Inventory # 16611564
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