A richly strange and funny novel follows one man grappling with love, life and creativity
On his death in 2011, The Times described Russell Hoban as 'perhaps
the most consistently strange writer of the late 20th century'. He
thought and wrote in an extraordinary range of genres, becoming
first a bestselling writer of children's books, particularly the
immortal Frances stories and his first novel, The Mouse and His
Child (1968). After its publication he continued to write for
children (most notably perhaps the Captain Najork books with
Quentin Blake and The Marzipan Pig), but focussed most of his
energies on a sequence of wonderful novels, which began with The
Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz (1973) and ended with Angelica
Lost and Found (2010). He also wrote the libretto for Harrison
Birtwistle's opera The Second Mrs Kong (1994).
His novels were wildly various, but share his obsession with
objects, animals, specific works of art and pieces of music, his
love of words and sense of humour. Penguin Modern Classics
publishes his first eight novels- The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and
Jachin-Boaz, Kleinzeit, Turtle Diary, Riddley Walker, Pilgermann,
The Medusa Frequency, Fremder and Mr Rinyo-Clacton's Offer.
A very funny quest for creativity and sanity ... There are no
boring sentences in a Hoban novel.
*The Times*
Russell Hoban is one of our greatest, timeless novelists.
*The Times*
Masterly ... a mosaic in which each tiny fragment of wit or dirt or
profundity has its appointed place.
*Times Literary Supplement*
A second tour-de-force... entirely delightful.
*Evening Standard*
Brimming with humanity and humour... brilliant handling of
language.
*Glasgow Herald*
Russell Hoban is our Ur-novelist, a maverick voice that is like no
other.
*Sunday Telegraph*
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