A Week in December
By Sebastian Faulks
By Sebastian Faulks
By Sebastian Faulks
By Sebastian Faulks
By Sebastian Faulks
Read by Simon Vance
By Sebastian Faulks
Read by Simon Vance
Part of Vintage International
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$16.95
Mar 08, 2011 | ISBN 9780307476623
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Mar 09, 2010 | ISBN 9780385533089
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Mar 02, 2010 | ISBN 9780307714084
771 Minutes
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Praise
“A remarkable creation. . . . Truly moving. . . . richly human novel [and a] grand portrait of a city.” —The Washington Post
“Ambitious, entertaining, and often scathingly angry.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A Week in December is a formally ambitious, intelligently entertaining, rather provocative novel of contemporary manners.” —Los Angeles Times
“Reflects the tumultuous present with both humor and a scathing sensibility. . . . This, at its heart, is fiction about folks, and it’s darned compelling.” —The Denver Post
“Vigorous, authentic and often hilarious. . . . Clever and convincing.” —Chicago Tribune
“The ultimate urban novel. . . . A blistering social document.” —Seattle Times
“Delightful and witty. . . . A state-of-the-nation book, a satirical comedy of metropolitan literary life, a sweeping, Dickensian look at contemporary London, a serious examination of Islam and the reasons for radicalism among young Muslims, a thriller, a satire . . . and a detailed look at the sharp financial practices that led to the collapse.” —The Guardian (London)
“Precisely what we need to help us navigate these complex times. Chatrooms, blogs, reality TV: this is the landscape contemporary fiction must inhabit to stay relevant. Faulks’ does so with mastery.” —GQ
“[Faulks] handles his topics with witty verve.” —The New Yorker
“Guessing the real-life characters who might have inspired those in the novel adds an extra scoop of fun to this bewitching, well-observed snapshot of London life.” —Elle
“If you’re a fan of Charles Dickens, A Week in December reads like a vastly entertaining new version of Our Mutual Friend, with a side order of Bleak House.” —NPR, “What We’re Reading”
“Eminently readable [and] cleverly plotted.” —The Times (London)
“Faulks . . . writes in a style that is always sophisticated and sometimes satirical, but he never fails to draw in readers looking for a good story. . . . Deeply creative.” —BookPage
“A riposte to those who say the novel doesn’t deal with big issues any more.” —The Telegraph (London)
“Well-plotted and gripping throughout.” —The Spectator
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