Inheritance

Nicholas Shakespeare

ISBN 10: 0099540460 / ISBN 13: 9780099540465

Verlag: Vintage Publishing, GB, 2011

Beschreibung

What would you do if you suddenly and unexpectedly inherited £17million? This is what happens to Andy Larkham, recently jilted lover, and resentfully underpaid publishing minion. Arriving late to the funeral of his favourite schoolteacher, he ends up in the wrong chapel with one other mourner, too embarrassed to leave. Pressured to sign the register, little does he realise what effect that signature will have upon his life.The extraordinary story that follows tells of one man's failed love, the temptations of unanticipated wealth, the secrets of damaged families and the price of being true to oneself. It is a romance for our times.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9780099540465

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Inheritance
• Verlag: Vintage Publishing, GB
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0099540460
• ISBN-13: 9780099540465
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: New
• Gewicht: 191 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

What would you do if you suddenly and unexpectedly inherited £17million?

This is what happens to Andy Larkham, recently jilted lover, and resentfully underpaid publishing minion. Arriving late to the funeral of his favourite schoolteacher, he ends up in the wrong chapel with one other mourner, too embarrassed to leave. Pressured to sign the register, little does he realise what effect that signature will have upon his life.

The extraordinary story that follows tells of one man's failed love, the temptations of unanticipated wealth, the secrets of damaged families and the price of being true to oneself. It is a romance for our times.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Nicholas Shakespeare was born in 1957. The son of a diplomat, much of his youth was spent in the Far East and South America. His books have been translated into twenty-two languages. They include The Vision of Elena Silves (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award), Snowleg, The Dancer Upstairs, Inheritance, Priscilla and Six Minutes in May. He has been longlisted for the Booker Prize twice, was a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.