Darkmans
Barker, Nicola, 1966-2008
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If history's just a sick joke, then who exactly is telling it and why? Could it be John Scogin, Edward IV's court jester, whose favourite pastime was to burn people alive? Or is it Andrew Boarde, Henry VIII's physician, who wrote Scogin's biography? Darkmans is a very modern book, set in ridiculously modern Ashford, about two old-fashioned subjects: love and jealousy. And the main character? The past, creeping up on the present and whispering something quite dark into its ear. Darkmans is the third of Nicola Barker's visionary Thames Gateway novels. Following Wide Open (winner Dublin IMPAC award 2000) and Behindlings it confirms one of Britain's most original literary talents.
Main title:
Darkmans / Nicola Barker.
Author:
Barker, Nicola, 1966-, author
Imprint:
London : Harper Perennial, 2008.
Collation:
838 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Fourth Estate, 2007.
ISBN:
9780007193639 (pbk)0007193637 (pbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
179132
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