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THE FLYING MAN is the story of the ultimate immigrant from the twice Orange Prize long-listed author Roopa Farooki.
Meet Maqil - also known as Mike, Mehmet, Mikhail and Miguel - a chancer and charlatan.
A criminally clever man who tells a good tale, trading on his charm and good looks, reinventing himself with a new identity and nationality in each successive country he makes his home, abandoning wives and children and careers in the process. He's a compulsive gambler - driven to lose at least as much as he gains, in games of chance, and in life. A damaged man in search of himself.
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Roopa Farooki was born in Lahore in Pakistan and brought up in London. She graduated from New College, Oxford and worked in advertising before turning to write fiction. Roopa now lives in south-east England and south-west France with her husband, twin girls and two sons. Bitter Sweets, her first novel, was nominated for the Orange Award for New Writers 2007. Roopa's novels have been published internationally and translated into a dozen languages.
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Condition: Como nuevo. : Conoce a Maqil, también conocido como Mike, Mehmet, Mikhail y Miguel, un oportunista y charlatán. Un hombre criminalmente inteligente que cuenta una buena historia, aprovechando su encanto y buena apariencia, reinventándose con una nueva identidad y nacionalidad en cada país sucesivo que hace su hogar, abandonando esposas, hijos y carreras en el proceso. Es un jugador compulsivo, impulsado a perder al menos tanto como gana, en juegos de azar y en la vida. Un hombre dañado en busca de sí mismo. Desde el día en que fue entregado en Lahore, Pakistán, junto a su gemelo mortinato, demostró que era un superviviente nato. Ha sido un maestro de los escapes voladores, desde El Cairo a París, desde Londres a Hong Kong, humillado por el amor, sobreviviendo a sus compañeros, y terminando viejo y solo en un hotel económico en Biarritz unos ochenta años después. Su accidentada historia le está alcanzando: sus huellas han sido descubiertas y su última esposa, sus hijos, sus acreedores y antiguos socios de negocios, todos quieren inmovilizarlo. Pero incluso al final, Maqil simplemente no puede resistirse a intentarlo; todavía está jugando su juego, y el juego no terminará hasta que haya sido ganado. EAN: 9780755383405 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: The Flying Man Autor: Roopa Farooki Editorial: Headline Review Idioma: en Páginas: 368 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2025-01-31-2ac7af0b
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