Reversed Forecast

Chance meetings between its cast of eccentric individuals - Ruby the bookie''s cashier, violently disturbed (and disturbing) Vincent, Samantha the would-be cabaret singer, wilfully sickly Sylvia and Little Buttercup the never-quite-made-it greyhound - result in the unlikeliest of couples; and there''s always the risk that it could all work out disastrously as characters select each other and try or don''t try to make winning combinations. But, as Ruby, the story''s soft-centred heroine, observes: ''Losing, that''s the whole point of the gamble.''

About the author

Nicola Barker’s work has been translated into numerous languages, and received great critical acclaim and numerous prizes. Her work includes Love Your Enemies, Wide Open (International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award), Clear (longlisted for the Man Booker Prize), Darkmans (shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize) and The Yips (longlisted for the Man Booker Prize). She was named as one of Granta’s 20 Best Young British Novelists by in 2005.

Product details

• Authors: Nicola Barker, Barker Nicola
• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 27.10.2011
• EAN: 9780007436057
• ISBN: 978-0-00-743605-7
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Adventure, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Humorous / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Satire, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Social issues, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Satirical fiction & parodies, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, FICTION / Urban & Street Lit, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Adventure / action fiction, Street-lit;hip-hop;gansta;ghetto;inner-city;Gamble;Bet