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Damascus

Damascus

by RichardBeard (Author)

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    Paperback 1999

    $4.84
Synopsis

The new novel from the author of X 20. How much can a life change in a day, in the blinding flash of a moment? What can you learn about someone in an instant, in a lifetime? Take a day, any day, and see. A funny, clever and unusual novel -- a love story in which all the events, people and places are taken from the contents of the 1 November 1993 issue of The Times newspaper. Every object, item of clothing, shop, book, colour or weather system in Damascus can be found in the one newspaper, as can the scores in sports events and the occupations of passersby -- all brought together by Richard Beard's crisp and witty storytelling.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 320
 Edition: New
 Publisher: Flamingo
Published: 07 Jun 1999
ISBN 10: 0006497918
ISBN 13: 9780006497912

Media Reviews
From the reviews of X 20: 'Elegant, witty and confident' Observer 'Beard is as good on the sensuality of smoking as on the philosophy. This is an unusually intelligent, funny and readable first book.' Sunday Times 'Beard's prose is dry, nonchalant and fluent. An accomplished first novel.' TLS 'Populated by a cast of well-drawn eccentrics, loaded with encyclopaedic detail on the history and iconography of smoking, this comic novel nevertheless aims at deep seriousness. Beard's writing can be breathtaking' Daily Telegraph
Author Bio
Richard Beard was born in 1967. His short stories and literary criticism have been published and broadcast both in France and England. Damascus is his second novel.