A Fool's Alphabet
Published on 7. September 2023
304 pages
978-1-80494-437-0 (ISBN)
Description
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'Ambitious and beautifully crafted' THE TIMES
'Faulks writes with great emotional authority' SUNDAY TIMES
Amidst the letters of the alphabet, a life reveals itself. Flashing backwards and forwards through time, we meet Pietro Russell. As a photographer in Sri Lanka, a schoolboy in Fulham and even before he was born to his wounded English father and young Italian mother. The extraordinary moments of Pietro's life are navigated with unique imagination, giving the reader a chance to view a life from a new and moving vantage point.
A Fool's Alphabet is a novel of true invention from a master storyteller that sees life in all of its compelling, poignant glory.
'Ambitious and beautifully crafted' THE TIMES
'Faulks writes with great emotional authority' SUNDAY TIMES
Amidst the letters of the alphabet, a life reveals itself. Flashing backwards and forwards through time, we meet Pietro Russell. As a photographer in Sri Lanka, a schoolboy in Fulham and even before he was born to his wounded English father and young Italian mother. The extraordinary moments of Pietro's life are navigated with unique imagination, giving the reader a chance to view a life from a new and moving vantage point.
A Fool's Alphabet is a novel of true invention from a master storyteller that sees life in all of its compelling, poignant glory.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cornerstone
Edition type
New edition
File size
1,63 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-80494-437-0 (9781804944370)
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Sebastian Faulks has written nineteen books, of which A Week in December and The Fatal Englishman were number one in the Sunday Times bestseller lists. He is best known for Birdsong, part of his French trilogy, and Human Traces, the first in an ongoing Austrian trilogy. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked as a journalist on national papers. He has also written screenplays and has appeared in small roles on stage. He lives in London.
