Anton Vowl is missing. Ransacking his Paris flat,a group of his faithful companions trawl through his diary for any hint as to his location and,insidiously,a ghost,from Vowl's past starts to cast its malignant shadow. This virtuoso story,chock-full of plots and subplots,shows the skill of both author and translator who impart all the action without a crucial grammatical prop: the letter'e'.
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Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9780099512165Number of pages: 304Weight: 220 gDimensions: 198 x 130 x 26 mm
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A true tour de force: a full-length novel containing not a single'E'. An entertaining post-modern detective story...dazzling... the translator's dazzling recreation conveys the author's near magical cleverness while preserving an underlying seriousness that makes this book much more than a curiosityAdair's translation is an astounding Anglicisation of Francophonic mania,a daunting triumph of will pushing its way through imposing roadblocks to a magical country,an absurdist nirvana,of humour,pathos and loss
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