{"product_id":"theother-hand-paperback-by-cleave-chris-author-9780340963425","title":"TheOther Hand Paperback by Cleave Chris  Author","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe bestselling second novel from the author of GOLD and INCENDIARY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA powerful piece of art... shocking, exciting and deeply affecting...[a] superb novel... Besides sharp, witty dialogue, an emotionally charged plot and the vivid characters' ethical struggles, THE OTHER HAND delivers a timely challenge to reinvigorate our notions of civilized decency. * \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eExquisitely balanced between terrible sadness and brilliant humour. * \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eBig themes, high emotion and cliffhangers aplenty... an enormously affecting investigation of love, guilt and global responsibility, told with a bittersweet urgency. * Justine Jordan, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eSearingly eloquent. * \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eAn ambitious and fearless gallop from the jungles of Africa via a shocking encounter on a Nigerian beach to the media offices of London and domesticity in leafy suburbia...Cleave immerses the reader in the worlds of his characters with an unshakable confidence. * Lawrence Norfolk, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003etotally believable... the author has a knack of explaining human suffering... I look forward to his next offering. * \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eimpresses as a feat of literary engineering... the plot exerts a fearsome grip. * \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eAn exhilarating, disturbing read. * James Urquhart, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e (Books of the Year) *\u003cbr\u003eYou stay in thrall to the bittersweet end. * \u003ci\u003eScotland on Sunday \u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eIt would be hard not to romp through it. * \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eBy turns funny, sad and shocking * \u003ci\u003eSainsburys Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eThe next Kite Runner. * \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eWarm, witty and beautifully written. * \u003ci\u003eSunday Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eIn a novel that tackles serious and uncomfortable subject matter, Cleave's writing makes one laugh and despair in equal measure. (4 stars) * \u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eI felt the same excitement discovering this as I did Marina Lewycka's \u003ci\u003eA Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian\u003c\/i\u003e and Paul Torday's \u003ci\u003eSalmon Fishing in the Yemen\u003c\/i\u003e.  There is an urgency here, an inability to put it down and a deep sense of loss once finished.  It is a very special book indeed.  Profound, deeply moving and yet light in touch, it explores the nature of loss, hope, love and identity with atrocity its backdrop.  Read it and think deeply. * Sarah Broadhurst, \u003ci\u003eBookseller\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e'Immensely readable and moving . . . an affecting story of human triumph' * \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eArtfully plotted... [a] strong yarn. * \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eA better book than Chris Cleave's THE OTHER HAND may be published this year, but I wouldn't bet on it. This exquisitely written story of a Nigerian refugee and a British glossy magazine editor is the most powerful novel I've read in a long time. . . it's also a very funny book about brave, funny people who the reader quickly grows to love. . .  But the heart of  the book is Little Bee; naïve yet insightful and sophisticated, damaged yet capable of great courage and humour, she is an unforgettable character. I finished THE OTHER HAND in tears, and I still can't get it out of my head. Just read it. * \u003ci\u003eThe Gloss\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eWill blow you away... the best kind of political novel: You're almost entirely unaware of its politics because the book doesn't deal in abstractions but in human beings. * \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eSo far it's the best book of 2009, no question. * \u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e (US) *","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864449528151,"sku":"9780340963425","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780340963425.jpg?v=1722272005","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/theother-hand-paperback-by-cleave-chris-author-9780340963425","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}