The Good, the Bad and the Little Bit Stupid
Published on 4. March 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-241-43032-3 (ISBN)
Description
A LAUGH-OUT-LOUD NOVEL FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A SHORT HISTORY OF TRACTORS IN UKRAINIAN
After walking out on his wife to shack up with 'Brexit Brenda' next door, George Pantis thinks he's got it made - especially when he wins millions on a Kosovan lottery he barely remembers entering.
Unfortunately, he can't access the money because he's forgotten his password. What is he meant to tell all the forceful people who keep appearing at his doorstep desperate to know his mother's maiden name?
The situation is shadier than he thinks, and George is need of rescue. But will his dysfunctional family be able to save him, and in the process, can they save each other?
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'Lewycka has carved out a reputation for tackling Big Topics with wit and humour' Radio Times
'Warmly funny' Daily Mail
'Her state-of-the-nation novel crackles with zingy one-liners and shrewd humour' Mail on Sunday
After walking out on his wife to shack up with 'Brexit Brenda' next door, George Pantis thinks he's got it made - especially when he wins millions on a Kosovan lottery he barely remembers entering.
Unfortunately, he can't access the money because he's forgotten his password. What is he meant to tell all the forceful people who keep appearing at his doorstep desperate to know his mother's maiden name?
The situation is shadier than he thinks, and George is need of rescue. But will his dysfunctional family be able to save him, and in the process, can they save each other?
______________________________________________________
'Lewycka has carved out a reputation for tackling Big Topics with wit and humour' Radio Times
'Warmly funny' Daily Mail
'Her state-of-the-nation novel crackles with zingy one-liners and shrewd humour' Mail on Sunday
Reviews / Votes
Lewycka has carved out a reputation for tackling Big Topics with wit and humour * Radio Times * Her state-of-the-nation novel crackles with zingy one-liners and shrewd humour * Mail on Sunday * This brisk Brexit fable is warmly funny * Daily Mail * Lewycka is a seriously talented comic writer * Time Out * Lively . . . a joy to read * The Times, on The Lubetkin Legacy * Delightful, funny, touching . . . A rare treat, all too easy to gulp down in one greedy sitting * Spectator, on A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian * Immensely appealing. All but sings with zest for life . . . could hardly be more engaging, shrewd and winningly perceptive * Sunday Times, on Two Caravans * Extremely funny, closely observed insights, scenes of farce, tragedy and horror * The Times Literary Supplement *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
195 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-43032-3 (9780241430323)
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Marina Lewycka
The Good, the Bad and the Little Bit Stupid
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Marina Lewycka was born in Kiel, Germany, after the Second World War, and moved to England with her family when she was about a year old. Her first novel, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, has sold more than a million copies in the UK alone and was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, longlisted for the Man Booker and won the Bollinger Everyman Prize for Comic Fiction and the Waverton Good Read Award. Her second novel, Two Caravans, was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, Two Caravans and Marina's third and fourth novels, We Are All Made of Glue, Various Pets Alive and Dead and The Lubetkin Legacy are all available in Penguin.