Stylish,suburban Katherine is eighteen when she is propelled into the centre of Professor Jacob Goldman's rambling home and his large eccentric family. As his enchanting yet sharp-tongued wife Jane gives birth to her sixth child,Katherine meets the volatile,stroppy Jonathan and his older,more beautiful brother Roger,who wins her heart.
First love quickly leads to heartbreak and sends her fleeing to Rome but,ten years on,she returns to find the Goldmans again. A little wiser and a lot more grown-up,Katherine faces her future.
Brother of the More Famous Jack is Barbara Trapido's highly acclaimed and much loved debut; a book that redefined the coming-of-age novel.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9781526612656Number of pages: 272Weight: 194 gDimensions: 198 x 129 mm
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'The fiction equivalent of a brisk walk followed by a hot buttered crumpet: fresh,invigorating,comforting and heartening'-Sunday Telegraph
'Can we talk about Barbara Trapido I love those books so much...So charming,they're absolutely gorgeous. For me,reading Barbara Trapido is like entering a entirely different world... I'd recommend everyone read Brother of the More Famous Jack'- Marian Keyes
'Why did it take me so long to discover the singular joys of Barbara Trapido's novels Why,for so many years,had I missed these witty,soulful,heartbreaking,expansive,brilliant tales What have I been wasting my time doing Reading books that AREN'T perfect Never again!'- Elizabeth Gilbert
'A moving,intense,earthy and witty book,both illuminating and extraordinary as a first novel'- The Times
'I adored Brother of the More Famous Jack. It is redolent of classics like The Constant Nymph with both its true voice and wonderfully sage and sanguine heroine'- Sophie Dahl
Barbara Trapido
Barbara Trapido is a British author born in South Africa,best known for her acclaimed novels Brother of the More Famous Jack,Frankie & Stankie and Sex & Stravinsky.
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