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Genre/Form: | Black humor (Literature) Black humor Fiction Humour noir Romans, nouvelles, etc |
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Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Lisa O'Donnell |
ISBN: | 9780062209849 0062209841 9780062209856 006220985X 9780099558422 0099558424 |
OCLC Number: | 795757348 |
Notes: | "Originally published in Great Britain in 2012 by William Heinemann, an imprint of the the Random House Group"--Title page verso. |
Description: | 311 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents: | Winner of the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize.-Fifteen-year-old Marnie leads a life of smoking, drinking, drugs and sex; her twelve-year-old sister Nelly enjoys playing the violin, reading, and eating cornflakes with Coke. But the sisters have to join forces when they bury their parents in the backyard and pretend to the world that they are in Turkey. Taken in by the kindly old homo next door, Lennie, things are going well until their estranged grandfather turns up asking questions. And Lennie's dog starts digging in the garden ...-A compelling black comedy, suitable for all ages. |
Responsibility: | Lisa O'Donnell. |
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This vibrantly imagined novel, by turns hilarious and appalling, is hard to resist. * Daily Mail * A black comedy, mixing The Ladykillers with Irvine Welsh's The Acid House...O'Donnell adeptly balances caustic humour and compassion. * Guardian * Compelling piece of work... O'Donnell brings a freshness to her narrative, thanks to the brilliantly evoked voices of her two young female protagonists.... Warm without being cosy, explicit without being shocking, and emotive without being schmaltzy, this is a powerful coming-of-age tale with a clear eye for the travails of 21st-century deprived living. * The Scotsman * The Death Of Bees is compelling stuff, engaging the emotions from the first page and quickly becoming almost impossible to put down. * Herald * A dark, fierce first novel that is a page-turner and a fairy tale turned inside out. I can't wait to read what she writes next. -- Alice Hoffman * New York Times * Read more...


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