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Narrator Juliet Stevenson

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Length 9 hours 1 minute
Language English
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A sparkling satire from the MAN BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED and WOMEN'S PRIZE-WINNING author of How to be both and the critically acclaimed Seasonal quartet

'There once was a man who, one night between the main course and the sweet at a dinner party, went upstairs and locked himself in one of the bedrooms of the house of the people who were giving the dinner party . . .'

As time passes by and the consequences of this stranger's actions ripple outwards, touching the owners, the guests, the neighbours and the whole country, so Ali Smith draws us into a beautiful, strange place where everyone is so much more than they first appear...

'Playful, humorous, serious, profoundly clever and profoundly affecting' Guardian

'Adventurous, intoxicating, dazzling. This is a novel with serious ambitions that remains huge fun to read' Literary Review

'Smith can make anything happen, which is why she is one of our most exciting writers today' Daily Telegraph

ยฉ Ali Smith 2011 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Ali Smith was born in Inverness in 1962. She is the author of several novels and short story collections including, The Accidental, Hotel World, How to Be Both and the Seasonal Quartet. She has been four times shortlisted for the Booker Prize, has won the Goldsmiths Prize, Orwell Prize, Costa Best Novel Award and the Womenโ€™s Prize. Ali Smith lives in Cambridge.

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Author:

Narrator:
Juliet Stevenson

ISBN:
9780241992951

Length:
9 hours 1 minute

Language:
English

Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd

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Edition:
Unabridged

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Reviews

Whimsically devastating. Playful, humorous, serious, profoundly clever and profoundly affecting Remarkable. A brilliant novel: funny, serious, always surprising, always true I take my hat off to Ali Smith. Her writing lifts the soul A playfully serious or seriously playful novel full of wit and pleasure. Wonderful Eccentric, adventurous, intoxicating, dazzling. This is a novel with serious ambitions that remains huge fun to read. The writing dances along Poignant, empathetic, funny. A book full of kindness and compassion Fizzying, affectionate, sparkling. Smith presents her world view in words as fresh as lemons. A joyful read A tour de force A virtuoso piece of writing, both funny and gripping . . . Smith is a writer with a rich array of conventional strengths A must read Expand reviews
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