The Nothing
Hanif Kureishi
(Author)
Description
A punchy, disturbing fable.--Alex Clark, The Guardian Waldo, a fêted filmmaker, is confined by old age and ill health to his London apartment. Frail and frustrated, he is cared for by his lovely younger wife, Zee. But when he suspects that Zee is beginning an affair with Eddie, more than an acquaintance and less than a friend for over thirty years, Waldo is pressed to action: determined to expose the couple, he sets himself first to prove his suspicions correct -- and then to enact his revenge. Written with characteristic black humor and with an acute eye for detail, Kureishi's eagerly awaited novella will have his readers dazzled once again by a brilliant mind at work.Product Details
Price
$14.00
$13.02
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Publish Date
December 03, 2019
Pages
176
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780571332021
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About the Author
HANIF KUREISHI is the author of The Buddha of Suburbia, which won the Whitbread Prize for Best First Novel, The Black Album, Intimacy, The Last Word, The Nothing, and What Happened? His screenplay for My Beautiful Laundrette received an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay. Kureishi has been awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the PEN Pinter Prize, and is a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. His work has been translated into thirty-six languages.
Reviews
The idea of a celibate Hanif Kureishi hero tormented by the very urges he once indulged is an excellent one -- think Philip Roth in a chastity belt. Given the current cultural and political climate, in fact, that idea may have even more than usual appeal -- New York Times Book Review
Hanif Kureishi's short, sharp tale of revenge is diabolical fun. -- The Times
Hanif Kureishi's short, sharp tale of revenge is diabolical fun. -- The Times
