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Book Synopsis''An original ... a delight to read'' The Times
On an ordinary day in a strangely unfamiliar London, Kleinzeit is fired from his advertising job and told he must go to hospital with a skewed hypotenuse. There on Ward A4, he falls in love with the divine, rosy-cheeked Sister and is sent spinning into a quest involving, among other things, a glockenspiel, sheets of yellow paper, Orpheus, the Underground and that dirty chimpanzee, Death.
''Kleinzeit, is a sort of holy fool, a fierce, lonely intelligence desperately trying to make sense of a hopeless world. A tour de force ... entirely delightful'' Auberon Waugh, Evening Standard
Trade ReviewA very funny quest for creativity and sanity ... There are no boring sentences in a Hoban novel. -- Richard Preston * The Times *
Russell Hoban is one of our greatest, timeless novelists. * The Times *
Masterly ... a mosaic in which each tiny fragment of wit or dirt or profundity has its appointed place. * Times Literary Supplement *
A second tour-de-force... entirely delightful. -- Auberon Waugh * Evening Standard *
Brimming with humanity and humour... brilliant handling of language. * Glasgow Herald *
Russell Hoban is our Ur-novelist, a maverick voice that is like no other. * Sunday Telegraph *
