The Wimbledon Poisoner
- 329pages
- 12 heures de lecture
A welcome re-issue of Nigel William's modern classic of comic writing.
Située dans le décor d'un quartier londonien emblématique, cette trilogie explore les vies entremêlées et les parcours personnels de ses personnages. Les récits tissent des fils de drame, d'humour et de réflexions poignantes sur les relations humaines et les évolutions sociétales. Elle offre un aperçu captivant des expériences quotidiennes et des destins changeants d'individus façonnés par leur environnement.
A welcome re-issue of Nigel William's modern classic of comic writing.
14-year-old ufologist Simon Britton's father has just died and his mother, a member of the First Church of Christ the Spiritualist, is trying to get in touch with him. But some weird messages come through instead. By the author of My Life Closed Twice which won the Somerset Maugham Award.
Robert Wilson is an aimless young man who has passed himself off as a Muslim to secure a job at the newly established Wimbledon Independent Islamic Boys' Day School. This is the story of his decline and fall, as he demonstrates the failure of a post-colonial Briton to understand another culture that has absolutely no need of him.