Doing the heart good - Hardcover

Bissoondath, Neil

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 189695135X ISBN 13: 9781896951355

Publisher: Cormorant Books, 2002

Synopsis

Unusual book

About this title

Review:

'For those reading this gifted writer for the first time, this novel is an excellent place to begin' -- Independent on Sunday

‘An intelligent, absorbing book which brings with feeling and insight’ -- Time Out

‘Bissoondath constantly evokes the shade of Dickens; he also follows the Canadian giants Atwood and Ondaatje' -- Independent on Sunday

‘The novel’s scrupulous realism lies in its distillation of ordinariness...in Bissoondath’s hands [it] has unquestionable dash and potency’ -- Times Literary Supplement

‘Touches of Nabokov...ingenious and affecting... Bissoondath’s clever ventriloquism makes this story of old age ingenious and affecting’ -- The Sunday Times

About the Author:

Neil Bissoondath was born in Trinidad, in 1955. He studied for his BA at York University, Toronto, and went on to receive a scholarship for the Advanced Writing Programme at the Banff Centre for the Arts. Since 1985 he has published seven award-winning books, the most recent of which is DOING THE HEART GOOD, published by Scribner in 2002.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cormorant Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 189695135X
• ISBN 13: 9781896951355
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1