24 for 3
Will be published approx. on 6. July 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-0-7475-9875-6 (ISBN)
Description
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'Very original ... I loved it' - Mick Jagger
'This is a little marvel ... funny, clever, illuminating, deeply kind-hearted' - Nicholas Lezard, Guardian
'A lovely little novel ... written with beguiling simplicity' - Lionel Shriver, Daily Telegraph
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A perfectly-crafted, funny and moving masterpiece about love, family, passion and whether or not one should always play by the rules.
Friday: as a Test match between England and India begins, a woman's attention is torn between her husband's insistence on explaining the rules of cricket, her lover's preference for mystery, and the worrying disappearance of her sixteen-year-old stepson.
By Tuesday night the outcome of the match will become clear - but whatever happens, the lives of the players will be changed forever.
'Very original ... I loved it' - Mick Jagger
'This is a little marvel ... funny, clever, illuminating, deeply kind-hearted' - Nicholas Lezard, Guardian
'A lovely little novel ... written with beguiling simplicity' - Lionel Shriver, Daily Telegraph
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A perfectly-crafted, funny and moving masterpiece about love, family, passion and whether or not one should always play by the rules.
Friday: as a Test match between England and India begins, a woman's attention is torn between her husband's insistence on explaining the rules of cricket, her lover's preference for mystery, and the worrying disappearance of her sixteen-year-old stepson.
By Tuesday night the outcome of the match will become clear - but whatever happens, the lives of the players will be changed forever.
Reviews / Votes
'24 for 3 contains some of the tightest, cleanest writing I have seen in a long time ... This is a little marvel. It's funny, clever, illuminating, deeply kind-hearted and it doesn't overstay its welcome. It's not self-indulgent: things happen in it, surprising things, like in an old-fashioned novel, yet it's perfectly contemporary; and every word has been chosen with subtle care.' * Nicholas Lezard, Guardian * 'A gem' * Salley Vickers * 'Very original ... I loved it' * Mick Jagger * 'A lovely little novel ... 24 for 3 is written with beguiling simplicity, and the small wisdoms it offers up are readily accessible to readers who have never been able to make head or tail of cricket' * Lionel Shriver, Daily Telegraph *More details
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Person
Jennie Walker is a pen-name of Charles Boyle, an award-winning poet. Charles lives in London with his wife and two sons.