His last novel, a well-researched historical work, The Mulberry Empire, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and he is one of Granta’s Best of British novelists. This new one returns to the platform of his first novel, comic writing at its best. Light and strangely tender, it tells of an indexer stuck in a rut and now suddenly deserted by his wife. The title describes the rest!
Comparison: Patrick Gale, Nicholas Shakespeare, David Lodge.
Similar this month: Alan Hollinghurst, Muriel Spark.
‘My wife had gone and I didn’t know where she had gone. It would have been terrible if I had liked her but I only loved her.’
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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‘My wife had gone and I didn’t know where she had gone. It would have been terrible if I had liked her but I only loved her.’ John is an indexer, and a bloody good one at that.
Fit features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, General Fiction, Fiction, Romance / Relationship Stories
Paperback. Not Available.
Fit was written by Philip Hensher and published by Harpercollins Publishers
Fit has 326 pages
