Darke

SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE McKITTERICK PRIZE Dr James Darke has expelled himself from the world. He writes compulsively in his 'coming of old age' journal; he eats little, drinks and smokes a lot; he tries to console himself with the wisdom of the great thinkers and poets, yet finds nothing but disappointment. But cracks of light start to appear in his carefully managed darkness - the tender, bruised filaments of love for his daughter and grandson. With scalding prose, ruthless intelligence and an unforgettably vivid protagonist, Darke confronts some of humanity's greatest and most uncomfortable questions about how we choose to live, and to die.

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An original and bleakly funny portrait of grief Economist

Product details

• Authors: Rick Gekoski, Gekoski Rick
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.02.2018
• EAN: 9781782119395
• ISBN: 978-1-78211-939-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Modern & contemporary fiction