Going Loco
Published on 27. May 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-00-735526-6 (ISBN)
Description
A wonderful comic novel from the bestselling author of 'Eats Shoots & Leaves'.
Belinda Johansson is a woman frantic, overwhelmed by the demands of work and home. Having it all? Pah. Belinda doesn't want any of it. Deep in research for her magnum opus - a definitive account of the doppelgaenger in classic gothic fiction - she fails to notice the echoes of these ghoulish tales disturbingly close at hand. For not only is the cleaning lady taking over her life, but the identity of her husband, Stefan, is also in question. Is he a harmless geneticist from Sweden, or actually a cunning clone? Why is the cleaning lady's previous employer having a breakdown, and what on earth has the rat circus got to do with any of this?
Belinda Johansson is a woman frantic, overwhelmed by the demands of work and home. Having it all? Pah. Belinda doesn't want any of it. Deep in research for her magnum opus - a definitive account of the doppelgaenger in classic gothic fiction - she fails to notice the echoes of these ghoulish tales disturbingly close at hand. For not only is the cleaning lady taking over her life, but the identity of her husband, Stefan, is also in question. Is he a harmless geneticist from Sweden, or actually a cunning clone? Why is the cleaning lady's previous employer having a breakdown, and what on earth has the rat circus got to do with any of this?
Reviews / Votes
'A classic comic novel, unashamed, exuberant, fiendishly clever, and a joy to read.' Daily Telegraph'"Going Loco" is wonderfully underplayed, unpredictable and unexpectedly sinister.' Sunday Express
'Sings with glittering prose... delicious.' Time Out
'A complex plot, chock-full of "characters", slapstick and mystery... achieves laughs through real inventiveness.' The Times
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
233 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-735526-6 (9780007355266)
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Person
Lynne Truss is one of Britain's best-loved comic writers and is the author of the worldwide bestsellers 'Eats, Shoots & Leaves' and 'Talk to the Hand'. She reviews for the Sunday Times and writes regularly for radio.