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The debut novel from Joseph O'Neill, author of the Man Booker Prize longlisted and Richard & Judy pick, ‘Netherland’.



Trade Review

'Immensely well-written, original, inventive and most readable' Guardian

'An excellent debut, crisply written and full of dark observations of the fragility of worldly success' Daily Telegraph

'Fresh and funny' Independent on Sunday

'Something of a coup…O'Neill knows his subject and comments incisively on the legal fetishism of language and intellect with a light touch' TLS

'An engaging first novel' GQ

'An assured, inventive performance' Irish Times

This is the Life

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    A Paperback by Joseph O’Neill

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      Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
      Published 4/30/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780007309214
      978-0007309214
      ISBN-10 000730921X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The debut novel from Joseph O'Neill, author of the Man Booker Prize longlisted and Richard & Judy pick, ‘Netherland’.



      Trade Review

      'Immensely well-written, original, inventive and most readable' Guardian

      'An excellent debut, crisply written and full of dark observations of the fragility of worldly success' Daily Telegraph

      'Fresh and funny' Independent on Sunday

      'Something of a coup…O'Neill knows his subject and comments incisively on the legal fetishism of language and intellect with a light touch' TLS

      'An engaging first novel' GQ

      'An assured, inventive performance' Irish Times

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