A Case of Knives
Author(s): Candia McWilliam
Hardback fiction | Literary Fiction
______________________SHORTLISTED FOR THE WHITBREAD BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARDWINNER OF THE BETTY TRASK AWARD______________________'A first novel of formidable accomplishment ... a debut of the highest promise' - Sunday Times'No new writer can make a more stunning entrance than Candia McWilliam' - Daily Mail'An incisive debut, intelligent, scrupulously planned and full of echoes ... fascinating' - Spectator______________________Lucas Salik is a heart surgeon, renowned for performing bold experiments on other people's hearts. Ostensibly chilly, he harbours a secret obsession for his reckless and charismatic friend Hal. When Hal announces his intention to find a wife, Lucas is forced to carry out his most complex operation yet: to engineer the marriage, setting it on a perilous path to failure.But just as things appear to be working out, Lucas starts receiving ominous letters that threaten to jeopardize his intentions, his career - and his life.______________________'Poised, startling and innovative, A Case of Knives marks the debut of an astonishingly accomplished new writer' - Anita Brookner
Product Information
General Fields
- :
- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : 0.36
- : 01 November 1994
- : {"length"=>["19.6"], "width"=>["14.3"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}
- : books
Special Fields
- : Candia McWilliam
- : Paperback
- : English
- : very good
- : 256