
In Search of the Missing Eyelash
Karen Mcleod(Author)
Jonathan Cape (Publisher)
Published on 7. June 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-224-08082-8 (ISBN)
Description
Lizzie is lonely. Her parents have gone and her brother, who believes he's a woman, is missing. Most of all, though, Lizzie is preoccupied by Sally, her former lover who has gone off with a man with a fat neck. Despite the best efforts of Petula, who lives downstairs from her, and Ruby, who runs the cafe where she works, Lizzie can't get Sally out of her mind. She starts to stalk her, collecting bathroom fluff, dust and pubes from Sally's bed - all the things that somehow prove that life is taking place without her. She needs this proof as her mind is becoming increasingly muddled. "In Search of the Missing Eyelash" is a novel about home and love and loss and what can become undone when we try to make it all better. It's also about gender and sex and it flips from heartbreaking to hilarious within the stroke of an eyelash. It marks the debut of a wonderful new writer.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
228 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-224-08082-8 (9780224080828)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Karen McLeod is thirty-four years old. She works as an air hostess and as a burlesque dancer in gay clubs. She lives in Penge.