by RussellHoban (Author)
Jonathan Fitch was shocked by Mr. Rinyo-Clacton's offer a million pounds and one year to live, but what happened next was even more shocking. In a state of desperation after being left by beautiful Serafina, Jonathan does his best to pull up his socks with varying success. Beginning with the chance meeting of two strangers in Piccadilly Circus Underground Station, MR RINYO-CLACTON'S OFFER is full of the loving and carefully observed London detail that Russell Hoban and his readers so enjoy. Some love stories are about triangles, but what happens between Jonathan and Serafina and Katerina and Mr. Rinyo-Clacton is perhaps more of a trapezoid, in the pointy corners of which a long hard look is taken at what goes on between consenting, relenting, and dissenting adults. Sharp and witty but written with affection, MR RINYO-CLACTON'S OFFER reaches parts not reached by other Hoban novels.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 06 Oct 2003
ISBN 10: 0747561656
ISBN 13: 9780747561651
Book Overview: Published to coincide with the paperback publication of Russell Hoban's most recent novel, THE BAT TATTOO, this is Hoban's story of a modern Faustian pact. Darkly funny and almost profound, the resulting tale reads like a downbeat offbeat Faust for the tawdry, lotteryplaying 1990s The Times A jewelled, clockwork egg of a book Hoban is a hugely-skilled, moving and endlessly entertaining writer TLS