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In a forensic dissection of Britain's souring landscape Gordon Burn tells the tale of Ray Cruddas, a light entertainer effecting a semi-dignified retreat from his fading career, who returns to the unnamed northern town of his youth.'Burn carves a tale of mutual dependence between two also-rans - Ray, once a successful Geordie comedian, and Jackie, an almost made-it boxer . . . It is a book about ageing, about the long haul between what you hoped your life might be and the acceptance of what it is - and about the loneliness of men.' Anna Raeburn, Jewish Chronicle
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The North of England Home Service, Gordon Burn
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- Année de publication
- 2004
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- Titre
- The North of England Home Service
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Gordon Burn
- Éditeur
- Faber and Faber
- Publié
- 2004
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN10
- 0571219373
- ISBN13
- 9780571219377
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Vie, Solitude, Vieillissement
- Évaluation
- 3,5 sur 5
- Description
- In a forensic dissection of Britain's souring landscape Gordon Burn tells the tale of Ray Cruddas, a light entertainer effecting a semi-dignified retreat from his fading career, who returns to the unnamed northern town of his youth.'Burn carves a tale of mutual dependence between two also-rans - Ray, once a successful Geordie comedian, and Jackie, an almost made-it boxer . . . It is a book about ageing, about the long haul between what you hoped your life might be and the acceptance of what it is - and about the loneliness of men.' Anna Raeburn, Jewish Chronicle