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**WINNER OF THE ENCORE AWARD 2020**
*LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER 2020*
'This is literary fiction as it should be: in stylish, surprising, lyrical sentences we are forced to confront the hidden power structures, public and private, that control our everyday lives' The Times
A young woman has been murdered, and a neighbour, a retired teacher from Chapleton College, is arrested. An eccentric loner - intellectual, shy, a fastidious dresser with expensive tastes - he is the perfect candidate for a media monstering.
In custody he is interviewed by two detectives: the smart-talking, quick-witted Gary, and his watchful colleague, Ander. Ander is always watchful, but particularly now, because the man across the table is his former teacher - Michael Wolphram - whom he hasn't seen in nearly 30 years.
As the novel proceeds, we watch Wolphram's media lynching as ex-pupils and colleagues line up to lie about him. In parallel, we read Ander's memories of his life as a young Dutch boy in 80s England. Another outsider, another loner in a school system rife with abuse and bullying, Ander has another case to solve: the cold case of his own childhood.
Though it deals with historical abuse and violence in schools, and the corrupt power of the popular media, Throw Me to the Wolves is about childhood and memory. A perceptive and pertinent novel of our times, beautifully written and psychologically acute, it manages to be both very funny and - at the same time - shatteringly sad.
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Patrick McGuinness is the author of two previous books of poetry, two novels, The Last Hundred Days and Throw Me to the Wolves, and a non-fiction book about place, time and memory, and his mother's small Belgian border town of Bouillon - Other People's Countries - which was shortlisted for the PEN Ackerley Prize and the James Tait Black Prize, won the Wales Book of the Year, and the Duff Cooper Prize. He is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at St Anne's College, Oxford.
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Condition: Bueno. : En Throw Me to the Wolves, una joven es asesinada y un vecino, un profesor jubilado de Chapleton College, es arrestado. Un excéntrico solitario, intelectual, tímido, un vestidor fastidioso con gustos caros, es el candidato perfecto para un monstruo mediático. En la cárcel es entrevistado por dos detectives: Gary, de lengua afilada e ingenio rápido, y su atento colega, Ander. Ander siempre está atento, pero particularmente ahora, porque el hombre al otro lado de la mesa es su antiguo profesor, Michael Wolphram, a quien no ha visto en casi 30 años. A medida que avanza la novela, observamos el linchamiento mediático de Wolphram mientras ex alumnos y colegas se alinean para mentir sobre él. Paralelamente, leemos los recuerdos de Ander de su vida cuando era un joven holandés en la Inglaterra de los años 80. Otro forastero, otro solitario en un sistema escolar plagado de abusos y acoso, Ander tiene otro caso que resolver: el caso sin resolver de su propia infancia. Aunque trata sobre el abuso histórico y la violencia en las escuelas, y el poder corrupto de los medios populares, Throw Me to the Wolves trata sobre todo sobre la infancia y la memoria. Una novela perspicaz y pertinente de nuestro tiempo, bellamente escrita y psicológicamente aguda, logra ser a la vez muy divertida y, al mismo tiempo, desgarradoramente triste. EAN: 9781787331464 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: Throw Me to the Wolves Autor: Patrick McGuinness Editorial: Random House Uk Idioma: en Páginas: 336 Formato: tapa dura. Seller Inventory # Happ-2025-07-04-eaf955d6
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