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Zusatztext With the blockbuster-movie strapline . . . and a plot-line that Ned Beaumann would be proud of you might well be going in expecting something extraordinary. And in a sense Claudia is extraordinary! yet it's a tale that's very firmly nestled in the quotidien. It's one of the keys I think to what makes Anthony Trevelyan's books work so well: the sheer everyday acceptability of events . . . I for one am looking forward to wherever Mr Trevelyan intends to take us next. Informationen zum Autor Anthony Trevelyan was born in Lancashire. He read English at Trinity College, Oxford, before going on to further studies at Lancaster University. Currently he lives with his wife near Manchester, where he takes part in performance events such as Flim Nite and First Draft. He works as a teacher of English and Creative Writing at a sixth form college in Stockport. His first novel, The Weightless World , was published by Galley Beggar Press in 2015 and was longlisted for the 2016 Desmond Elliott Prize. Klappentext The second novel by the Desmond Elliott longlisted author of "The Weightless World", in which central character Claudia is reunited with the entrepreneurial hippy who was a father figure to her, tasked with helping him rescue a wayward son from the influence of an apocalyptic group. Zusammenfassung For fans of Nick Harkaway and Scarlett Thomas comes the dazzling second novel by the Desmond Elliott longlisted author of The Weightless World.
