Startlingly radical, dazzlingly witty, unlike anything that has come before - this is the most exciting novel you will read this year.
'Nell Zink is a writer of extraordinary talent and range. Her work insistently raises the possibility that the world is larger and stranger than the world you think you know.' Jonathan Franzen
Virginia, 1966. The motionless deeps of the lake outside Stillwater College are being ruffled. Lee, a blue-blooded poet and professor, is determinedly fondling Peggy, an ingénue freshman with literary pretensions, in his canoe. So begins a long affair but the two are mismatched from the start.
The story that follows rocks the boat in every sense. Nell Zink's hugely entertaining, totally unique Mislaid explodes the nuclear family and topples every foundation of identity - black and white, gay and straight, "normal" and very very strange…
| ISBN: | 9780008100575 |
| Publication date: | 10th March 2016 |
| Author: | Nell Zink |
| Publisher: | 4th Estate an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Satirical fiction and parodies Narrative theme: Love and relationships Narrative theme: Identity / belonging Narrative theme: Social issues Romance / Relationship Stories Family Drama |
Startlingly radical, dazzlingly witty, unlike anything that has come before - this is the most exciting novel you will read this year.
'Nell Zink is a writer of extraordinary talent and range. Her work insistently raises the possibility that the world is larger and stranger than the world you think you know.' Jonathan Franzen
Virginia, 1966. The motionless deeps of the lake outside Stillwater College are being ruffled. Lee, a blue-blooded poet and professor, is determinedly fondling Peggy, an ingénue freshman with literary pretensions, in his canoe. So begins a long affair but the two are mismatched from the start.
The story that follows rocks the boat in every sense. Nell Zink's hugely entertaining, totally unique Mislaid explodes the nuclear family and topples every foundation of identity - black and white, gay and straight, "normal" and very very strange…
Mislaid features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Satirical fiction and parodies, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Social issues, Romance / Relationship Stories, Family Drama
Mislaid is available in Paperback, Hardback
Mislaid was written by Nell Zink and published by 4th Estate an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Mislaid has 288 pages
£8.09