Clue to the Exit
by Edward St Aubyn
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A beautifully modulated novel that shows Edward St. Aubyn at his sparkling best.
Charlie Fairburn, successful screenwriter, ex-husband, and absent father, has been given six months to live. He resolves to stake half his fortune on a couple of turns of the roulette wheel and, to his agent's disgust, to write a novel-about death. In the casino he meets his muse. Charlie grows as addicted to writing fiction as she is to gambling.
His novel is set on a train and involves a group of characters (familiar to readers of St. Aubyn's earlier work) who are locked in a debate about the nature of consciousness. As this train gets stuck at Didcot, and Charlie gets more passionately entangled with the dangerous Angelique, A Clue to the Exit comes to its startling climax. Exquisitely crafted, witty, and thoughtful, Edward St. Aubyn's dazzling novel probes the very heart of being.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781250046031
- Binding
- Paperback
- Authors
- Edward St Aubyn
- Publisher
- Picador Paper
- Published Date
- September 1, 2015
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 208
- Physical Info
- 8.2 in L x 5.5 in W (0.4 lb)
