Man on Fire

Kelman, Stephen

ISBN 10: 140884317X / ISBN 13: 9781408843178

Published by Bloomsbury Paperbacks, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Man on Fire
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 140884317X
• ISBN 13: 9781408843178
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

A powerful and touching novel from the Booker-shortlisted author of Pigeon English
'A writer of considerable talent' Financial Times

LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2017

I was beating the life out of Bibhuti with a baseball bat when my first monsoon broke.

John Lock has come to India to meet his destiny.

He has fled the quiet desperation of his life in England to offer his help to a man who has learned to conquer pain, a world record breaker who specialises in feats of extreme endurance and ill-advised masochism. In answering Bibhuti's call for assistance, John hopes to rewrite a brave end to a life poorly lived.

But as they take their leap of faith together, and John is welcomed into Bibhuti's family, and into the colour and chaos of Mumbai, he learns more about life, and death, and everything in between than he could ever have bargained for.

About the Author

Stephen Kelman was born in Luton in 1976. Pigeon English, his first novel, was shortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize, the Desmond Elliott Prize and the Guardian First Book Award, and he was also shortlisted for the New Writer of the Year Award at the 2011 Galaxy National Book Awards. He lives in St Albans.

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