CD of the powerful contemporary novel set in London from a master of literary fiction
Date- 2004-09-22Sebastian Faulks?s books include A Possible Life, Human Traces, On Green Dolphin Street, Engleby, Birdsong and the number one bestseller A Week in December.Sebastian Faulks was born in April 1953. He was brought up in Newbury, Berkshire. Before resolving to become a full-time writer in 1991, he worked as a journalist for the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph (1978-86) and as Literary Editor of the Independent (1986-91).His 'French trilogy' of novels - The Girl at the Lion d'Or, Birdsong and Charlotte Gray (1989-1997) - established him in the front rank of British novelists. UK sales of the trilogy are over 3.5 million. He was appointed CBE in 2002. Other novels include A Fool's Alphabet (1992), On Green Dolphin Street (2001) and Human Traces (2005). His biographical study, The Fatal Englishman, was published in 1996 and a book of literary parodies, Pistache, in 2006. Sebastian Faulks lives in London with his wife and their three children.
"The plot wonderfully connects all these characters, taking them on
a journey that leaves the listener with no idea whether they are to
be dealt a tragic or happy hand until the very end."
*Daily Express*
"There are moments ... that truly hit home...this book is an
old-fashioned call to retrace our path, return to a more connected
existence."
*Independent on sunday*
"Skilfully abridged by Kati Nicholl, it is given enriched
characterisation by the narrator Dan Stevens"
*The Times*
"The plot wonderfully connects all these characters, taking them on
a journey that leaves the listener with no idea whether they are to
be dealt a tragic or happy hand until the very end." -- Kati
Nicholl * Daily Express *
"There are moments ... that truly hit home...this book is an
old-fashioned call to retrace our path, return to a more connected
existence." -- Independent on sunday
"Skilfully abridged by Kati Nicholl, it is given enriched
characterisation by the narrator Dan Stevens" * The Times *
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