PublishedFourth Estate, April 2014 |
ISBN9780007292028 |
FormatSoftcover, 496 pages |
Dimensions19.8cm × 12.9cm × 3cm |
A satirical novel with real emotional depth from the award-winning author of the Chaos Walking trilogy and the new novel `More Than This' - sure to appeal to readers of Peter Carey and Tom Robbins
Love is political, obsessive and utterly strange in the first novel from the award-winning author of the Chaos Walking trilogy, A Monster Calls' and and new novel
More Than This'.
Welcome to the seaside metropolis of Hennington, where a mysterious herd of rhinoceros has wandered city streets for so long it's become a civic feature, where the current mayor first met her husband on a nude beach, and where Jon Noth has returned after four decades to reclaim a lost love.
Unfortunately for him, that lost love is Cora Larsson, long-time mayor of Hennington, happily (and flexibly) married - and still not interested ...