| Author: | Ann Quin | ISBN: | 9781911508557 |
| Publisher: | And Other Stories Publishing | Publication: | March 7, 2019 |
| Imprint: | And Other Stories | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ann Quin |
| ISBN: | 9781911508557 |
| Publisher: | And Other Stories Publishing |
| Publication: | March 7, 2019 |
| Imprint: | And Other Stories |
| Language: | English |
‘A man called Berg, who changed his name to Greb, came to a seaside town intending to kill his father. . . ’
So begins Ann Quin’s first novel, a debut ‘so staggeringly superior to most you’ll never forget it’ (The Guardian). Alistair Berg, hair restorer, shares a mistress with his father. He will, he decides, eliminate his rival. After mutilating a ventriloquist’s dummy, he finds himself accidentally seduced by the man he needs to kill. Mordant, heady, dark, Berg is Quin’s masterpiece, a classic of post-war avant-garde British writing.
‘A man called Berg, who changed his name to Greb, came to a seaside town intending to kill his father. . . ’
So begins Ann Quin’s first novel, a debut ‘so staggeringly superior to most you’ll never forget it’ (The Guardian). Alistair Berg, hair restorer, shares a mistress with his father. He will, he decides, eliminate his rival. After mutilating a ventriloquist’s dummy, he finds himself accidentally seduced by the man he needs to kill. Mordant, heady, dark, Berg is Quin’s masterpiece, a classic of post-war avant-garde British writing.
