Author:Wallace Stegner
'One of our greatest contemporary novelists' Washington Post
Bruce Mason returns to Salt Lake City not for his aunt's funeral, but to encounter the place he fled in bitterness forty-five years ago. A successful statesman and diplomat, Mason had buried his awkward childhood to become a figure who commanded international respect. But the realities of the present recede in the face of ghosts of his past. As he makes the perfunctory arrangements for the funeral, his inner pilgrimage leads him to the father who darkened his childhood, the mother whose support was both redeeming and embarrassing, the friend who drew him into the respectable world of which he so craved to be a part, and the woman he nearly married.
In this profoundly moving book, Stegner has drawn an intimate portrait of a man understanding how his life has been shaped by experiences seemingly remote and inconsequential.
Wonderful...one comes out aware of universal human feelings that have nothing to do with time.
—— The Christian Science MonitorThe is Stegner's The Sound and the Fury. Like the Faulkner novel, Recapitulation is a book about time and its multiplicity of meanings in human experience, about the history of a family in its decline...
—— Jackson J.Benson, author of Wallace Stegner: His Life and WorkIn Flight's slick plot and its testosterone-fuelled characters, Thorpe has found a fresh way of looking at corruption and betrayal, and the sticky web that is flung across the world, connecting drug and arms dealers, and all shades of mortals in between
—— HeraldA zingy page-turner
—— Daily TelegraphThis book is so much better written than most thrillers that it's almost ridiculous
—— Financial TimesA gripping thriller from its first sentence…. Thorpe is a craftsman as well as an artist, and the book is well put together, with respect for the genre. Like William Boyd, Thorpe is a thorough professional. Thorpe convincingly portrays a world in which the means of communication have shrunk the world and made privacy hard to secure
—— ScotsmanFlight blends an unlikely cocktail of genres with great success – think 007 as a middle-aged dad you’re halfway there
—— MetroKeeps things fizzing along
—— Lesley McDowell , Glasgow Sunday HeraldAn excellently plotted book boosted by some fine writing
—— Sunday Business PostThorpe’s skill is with sharply observed characters… Taut and compelling
—— James Urquhart , Financial TimesA well-written and exciting Boy’s Own tale for adults
—— Victoria Clark , The LadyDon Tillman is one of the most endearing, charming and fascinating literary characters I have met in a long time
—— The TimesGenuinely funny; you'll laugh out loud
—— EssentialsI absolutely loved The Rosie Project -- original and clever, and perfectly written.The world is going to fall in love with Don and Rosie
—— Jill MansellA poignant, funny novel about how you don't find love; it finds you
—— GlamourDon Tillman will exasperate, delight and immerse you in a world so original, in a story so compelling, I defy you not to read through the night. Glorious
—— Adriana Trigiani, author of The Shoemaker's WifeA very funny and touching love story
—— Sunday ExpressAdorable . . . Really funny and heart-warming, a gem of a book
—— Marian KeyesIf you like The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time you'll love The Rosie Project
—— LookWritten in a superbly pitch-perfect voice, The Rosie Project had me cheering for Don on every page. I'm madly in love with this book! Trust me, you will be, too
—— Lisa Genova, author of Still Alice and left NeglectedThe best, most honestly told love story I've read in a long time
—— Kristin HannahMarvellous. Don Tillman is as awkward and confusing a narrator as he is lovable and charming
—— John Boyne, author of The Boy In the Striped PyjamasPrime deck-chair material
—— The Times, Our Favourite Comic Novels
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