The Mark and the Void: From the author of The Bee Sting by Paul Murray (English)

Description: The Mark and the Void by Paul Murray While marooned at his banking job in the bewilderingly damp and insular realm known as Ireland, Claude Martingale is approached by a down-on-his-luck author, Paul, looking for his next great subject. Claude finds that his life gets steadily more exciting under Pauls fictionalizing influence; he even falls in love with a beautiful waitress. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A comic masterpiece about love, art and the banking crisis - by the author of Skippy DiesWhat links the Bank of Torabundo, (yes, hots with an s, dont ask), an art heist, a novel called For Love of a Clown, a four-year-old boy named after TV detective Remington Steele, a lonely French banker, a tiny Pacific island and a pest-control business run by an ex-KGB man? Youve guessed it . . .The Mark and the Void is a stirring examination of the deceptions carried out in the names of art, love and commerce - and is also probably the funniest novel ever written about a financial crisis. Notes Now in paperback, this is a comic novel about love, art and the banking crisis, from the author of Skippy Dies, which was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. ...a wild, intelligent, angry, witty, uproariously funny, devastating novel Neel Mukherjee Back Cover Winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2016 Meet Claude: an investment-bank drone longing for something more meaningful. Marooned in soggy Dublin, he yearns for art, philosophy, and a steady girlfriend. You could call him a modern-day Everyman - or just another lonely banker. Now meet Paul: struggling novelist, strip-club enthusiast, pioneer of not entirely legal Internet start-ups. Paul is willing to stoop to any level in pursuit of the riches he knows he deserves. You could call him a troubled genius - or a shameless crook. Here are two men with something missing from their lives. They might just be able to help each other out of a big hole. Or their friendship might be the most disastrous thing to hit Dublin since the banking crash. As Pauls get-rich-quick schemes blow up in his face, and the global economy goes missing in action, will Claude be able to save the day, get the girl, and finally become the hero of his own story? Sensationally good . . . A wild, intelligent, angry, witty, uproariously funny, devastating novel Neel Mukherjee, author of The Lives of Others A hilarious, blade-sharp satire . . . the funniest book Ive read so far this year Independent A comic classic [from] one of the most gifted novelists of his generation Daily Express The best novel I have reviewed this side of the Atlantic Observer Author Biography Paul Murray was born in Dublin in 1975 and is the author of An Evening of Long Goodbyes, Skippy Dies, The Mark and the Void and The Bee Sting. An Evening of Long Goodbyes was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and nominated for the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award. Skippy Dies was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and longlisted for the Booker Prize. The Mark and the Void won the Everyman Wodehouse Prize. The Bee Sting won the Nero Book of the Year Award and the An Post Irish Book of the Year, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the Writers Prize for Fiction and the Kirkus Prize for Fiction. Paul Murray lives in Dublin. Review The Mark and the Void is so sensationally good...it takes the global financial crisis by its throat, and shakes it into giving birth to a wild, intelligent, angry, witty, uproariously funny, devastating novel -- Neel Mukherjee The Mark and the Void is just as funny [as Skippy Dies] , though perhaps with an even deeper sense of alienation at its heart Independent The Mark and the Void is Murrays best book yet - a wildly ambitious, state-of-the-nation novel, and a scabrously funny yet deeply humane satire on the continuing fall-out of the biggest financial crisis in 75 years. Think Bonfire of the Vanities with a heart The Bookseller Paul Murray has done the impossible: hes written a novel about international finance that is a hilarious page-turner with a beating human heart -- Adam Wilson, author of Flatscreen People always tell me If you love Paul Murray so much, why dont you marry him? Now thanks to recent legislation in his native Ireland, I finally can. And so should you, reader. The Mark and the Void not only monetizes the death of the novel, but makes us believe in its resurrection. Praise the Lord for Paul Murrays big brain and tender heart -- Gary Shteyngart This novels arrival deserves a trumpeting fanfare... curiously brilliant, intricately entertaining... banker plus struggling novelist equals page turner Sunday Independent Effervescent prose... [It] takes on the crackle of a thriller [and] wears its anger over the global financial crisis with a beguilingly, deceptively light touch Metro Promotional Idea for a novel- we have a banker rob his own bank . . . Prizes Winner of Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2016 Review Text Publishers description. The Mark and the Void is a whip-smart tragicomic novel for our times, a darkly hilarious journey through the upside-down world of investment banking. In the midst of the global financial crisis, friendship blossoms between a lonely French banker and an incompetent Irish novelist, and chaos ensues... Promotional "Headline" Idea for a novel- we have a banker rob his own bank . . . Details ISBN0241953863 Author Paul Murray Pages 480 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2016 ISBN-10 0241953863 ISBN-13 9780241953860 Format Paperback Publication Date 2016-02-04 Media Book Imprint Penguin Books Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.92 Short Title MARK & THE VOID Language English UK Release Date 2016-02-04 Audience General NZ Release Date 2016-03-27 AU Release Date 2016-03-27 Subtitle From the author of The Bee Sting Alternative 9780141968940 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:97357307;

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