{"product_id":"the-unknowns-9781447235576","title":"The Unknowns","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImagine David Nicholls's One Day as retold by Woody Allen -- and welcome to the hilarious, neurotic, and peculiarly perceptive world of Gabriel Roth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'he is a class act, witty and insightful, poking fun at the sort of men who can become dotcom millionaires without understanding the first thing about human beings.' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gabriel Roth fearlessly tackles some weighty issues - including false memory syndrome and the Iraq war - in his debut. The result is a novel of two [...] halves: the first a geek-com of frequently Woody Allen-esque brilliance, the second something altogether darker and more searching. [...] Roth is a genuinely exciting talent.' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExtremely funny . . . a great novel for the 21st century. -- Peter McDonald * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e[a] sparky, neurotic debut novel [...] Roth has a sharp awareness of trends and this comes out, hilariously, in Eric's dry commentary. The earnestness of youth is wittily depicted [...] Eric could be a creep but Roth has imbued him with such a hefty amount of humorous self-doubt that you can't help but root for him. [...] \u003ci\u003eThe Unknowns\u003c\/i\u003e is a confident novel that manages to be both funny and sad. Buy it * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e'invigoratingly contemporary: ironic, informal, self-deprecating and energetic. [...] Roth is dexterous enough to handle the intermingling of comedy and tragedy [...] Roth is certainly an exciting new writer, and \u003ci\u003eThe Unknowns \u003c\/i\u003econtains ample material for a fine debut - perhaps even enough for two.' \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Roth's remarkably funny, tender book is much more than one code-writing kid's success story. [...] Roth writes in a gently self-mocking, utterly disarming style that gives \u003ci\u003eThe Unknowns\u003c\/i\u003e an unusal type of tension.' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A wise and mature novel, a cool and contemporary one. It announces the arrival of a bright new talent.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Andrew O’Hagan, Booker-shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eOur Fathers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eThe Unknowns\u003c\/i\u003e is so staggeringly funny and smart that its depths and sorrows, when they came, took my breath away.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Megan Abbott, author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of Everything\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDare Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eThe Unknowns\u003c\/i\u003e is wonderful, a wry, ironic novel about the perils of contemporary romance, where you can collect intimate details about people you’ve never met, but still not know the truth of somebody you want to love.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Scott Turow, best-selling author of \u003ci\u003ePresumed Innocent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Fast, funny, full of snappy dialogue, and never losing its poise. Gabriel Roth is a find.’ Sebastian Faulks, best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eBirdsong\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408475464023,"sku":"9781447235576","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781447235576.jpg?v=1730503037","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-unknowns-9781447235576","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}