{"product_id":"kerrigan-in-copenhagen-9781408841969","title":"Kerrigan in Copenhagen","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKerrigan is writing a guidebook to the city of Copenhagen. Specifically, a guide to the city's drinking establishments  of which there are over 1,500. Thus, it is a project potentially without end, and one with a certain amount of drunken numbness built into it. And that's the point: for Kerrigan, an American expat fleeing a terrible betrayal, has plenty he wants to forget. The only problem with his proposed project is his research associate, a voluptuous, green-eyed beauty who makes him tremble with forgotten desire.\u003ci\u003eKerrigan in Copenhagen\u003c\/i\u003e is both a love story and a Joycean romp through a magical city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essay, the guidebook, the love story, the comforting exchange of facts in a bewildering world of emotion – all are to be found in Thomas E. Kennedy’s Kerrigan in Copenhagen ... A spiralling exploration of alcohol, history, literature, art and jazz – and Kerrigan’s wounded psyche ... Undeniably smart, not least because it records the formation of a not-so-smart book. Coarse language plays off lyrical images and often stunning prose that twirls with the improvisations of the jazz musicians Kerrigan admires. It’s a swirl of dichotomies ... The quest for precision – perhaps an end to improvisation – drives the novel’s literally breathless second half ... Take the rough words of an educated man for what they’re worth: perhaps one more miracle tipping the scales that weigh the eternal question of love * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eFalling Sideways is the finest novel I have read in many years. Thomas Kennedy is a true discovery, an author of rare intelligence and moral vision. Not least, the book is immensely compelling and beautifully written * \u003cb\u003eAlain de Botton\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eAs he slots together his narratives with masterly elegance, an intimate picture of local life is set before us … Kennedy’s finely calibrated observations make his cast eminently believable * \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndependent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eFalling Sideways\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eIn its wisdom and empathy, in its understanding of the supreme importance of love, in its portrait of a strong man and its knowledge of the human soul in all its suffering, this is indeed a profound and exceptional work * \u003cb\u003eJoanna Briscoe, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eIn The Company of Angels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eThe combination of subtle, beautiful prose and searingly painful realities make In the Company of Angels a story that lingers in the intellect as pervasively as in the heart. An astonishing, wise novel of our times * \u003cb\u003eLiz Jensen, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ninth Life of Louis Drax\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Rapture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863249453399,"sku":"9781408841969","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408841969.jpg?v=1759920079","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/kerrigan-in-copenhagen-9781408841969","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}