The paper men

Golding, William

£9.99

Fame, success, fortune, a drink problem slipping over the edge into alcoholism, a dead marriage, the incurable itches of middle-aged lust. For Wilfred Barclay, novelist, the final unbearable irritation is Professor Rick L. Tucker, implacable in his determination to become The Barclay Man. Locked in a lethal relationship they stumble across Europe, shedding wives, self-respect and illusions. The climax of their odyssey, when it comes, is as inevitable as it is unexpected.

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Publish Date: 15/12/2022

Description

‘A complex literary comedy from an extraordinarily powerful writer,.’ Malcolm Bradbury
‘The great unbreakable wild horse of the 1960s British literary stable.’ Rose Tremain
‘Rich as a compost heap.‘ Melvyn Bragg


Join an eccentric novelist on the run from his obsessive would-be biographer in this comic farce
by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of Lord of the Flies.

Why should I conceal the fact that I had found a full professor of Eng. Lit. rifling my dustbin?

Fame, fortune, alcoholism, a failing marriage: for novelist Wilfred Barclay, his final unbearable irritation is his would-be-biographer, the young academic Professor Rick L. Tucker, who is determined to become The Barclay Man.

Locked in a lethal relationship, the two men stumble across Europe, shedding wives, self-respect and identities in a game of literary cat and mouse – and the climax of their odyssey, when it comes, is as inevitable as it is unexpected . . .

Additional information

Weight 228 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 16 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

ix, 250

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

823.914 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K