In 1972, Robert Beech, First World War survivor and present-day armaments maker, is killed by a car bomb. The event breaks the career of his son Harry, a news photographer, and comes close to destroying his granddaughter Sophie. Ten years later, the Falklands War has begun and both Harry, w working as an aerial photographer, and Sophie, visiting an analyst in New York, are haunted by a past that has scarred and divided them. As tense as a thriller ...a powerful and exciting book that raises uncomfortable political questions' The Times It appeals to the emotions, the intellect and the imagination, and its elegance is as durable as Greek art ...a vel for those who still believe in the importance of fiction, indeed of art' Scotsman The vel succeeds brilliantly. The impression is of having been shown all the majesty as well as the emotional complexity of history' Time Out Not a book the reader is likely to forget, Out of this World deserves to be ranked at the forefront of contemporary literature' New York Times Book Review Brilliant clarity and depth' Mail on Sunday
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Picador, Pan Macmillan
brand
Pan Macmillan Australia
GTIN
9780330518277
ISBN-10
0330518275
ISBN-13
9780330518277
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95318280
Product Key Features
Author
Graham Swift
Format
B-Format Paperback, Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General & Literary Fiction
Publication Year
2010
Type
Poetry
Genre
General & Literary Fiction
Dimensions
Depth
15 mm
Height
197mm
Width
130mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
London
Spine
15mm
Audience
General
Author Biography
Graham Swift was born in 1949 and is the author of eight acclaimed novels and a collection of short stories; his most recent work is Making an Elephant, a book of essays, portraits, poetry and reflections on his life in writing. With Waterland he won the Guardian Fiction Prize (1983), and with Last Orders the Booker Prize (1996). Both novels have since been made into films. Graham Swift's work has appeared in over thirty languages.