A Week In December

Stock Code:
BAD2596
Price:
$9.50

Description

A Week In December by Sebastian Faulks 'London, the week before Christmas, 2007. Over seven days we follow the lives of seven major a hedge fund manager trying to bring off the biggest trade of his career; a professional footballer recently arrived from Poland; a young lawyer with little work and too much time to speculate; a student who has been led astray by Islamist theory; a hack book-reviewer; a schoolboy hooked on skunk and reality TV; and a Tube train driver whose Circle Line train joins these and countless other lives together in a daily loop. With daring skill, the novel pieces together the complex patterns and crossings of modern urban life. Greed, the dehumanising effects of the electronic age and the fragmentation of society are some of the themes dealt with in this savagely humorous book. The writing on the wall appears in letters ten feet high, but the characters refuse to see it — and party on as though tomorrow is a dream.

Details

  • Author:
    Faulks, Sebastian
  • Book Condition:
    Good Plus
  • Publisher:
    Vintage Books
  • Edition:
    Reprint
  • Jacket Condition:
    None
  • Binding:
    Soft Cover
  • Location:
    S5
  • ISBN:
    9780099458289
  • Size:
    8vo
  • Pages:
    392
  • Publish Date:
    2010
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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