{"product_id":"all-that-man-is-9780099593690","title":"All That Man Is","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Szalay \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of five previous works of fiction: \u003ci\u003eSpring\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Innocent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLondon and the South-East\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he was awarded the Betty Trask and Geoffrey Faber Memorial prizes, \u003ci\u003eAll That Man Is\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he was awarded the Gordon Burn prize and Plimpton Prize for Fiction, and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and \u003ci\u003eTurbulence\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Edge Hill Prize. Born in Canada, he grew up in London, and now lives in Vienna. His work has been translated into over twenty languages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll That Man Is\u003c\/i\u003e... looks increasingly like \u003cb\u003ethe masterpiece of British fiction from the past few years\u003c\/b\u003e. -- David Sexton * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eDavid Szalay pushed at the fault lines between the novel and short story form in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll That Man Is\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e linked tales of European masculinity in crisis, whose effect is monumentally bleak, but which contain \u003cb\u003esome of the best prose to be found in English this year\u003c\/b\u003e. -- Justine Jordan * Guardian Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSzalay's writing is exact and true and always subtly intelligent; this book is bracing and thrilling and chilling.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Tessa Hadley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt’s a rare and wonderous event when a novel changes the way you look at the world around you; and this was the case with [\u003ci\u003eAll That Man Is\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e]… A worthy winner of the Gordon Burn Prize this year. Gordon Burn would have loved it. Say no more. -- William Boyd * New Statesman, Book of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eThere is everything to relish about this intelligent, moving, thoroughly European search for the meaning of life ... \u003cb\u003eIt's hard to imagine reading a better book this year.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Melissa Katsoulis * Times *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732324626775,"sku":"9780099593690","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099593690.jpg?v=1719996417","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/all-that-man-is-9780099593690","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}