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The Card

The Card

by Graham Rawle (Author)

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    Paperback 2013

    $12.45
Synopsis

Since childhood, Riley has been a keen collector of bubble gum cards. Now, thirty years later, the one card missing from his collection is the legendary card 19 from the 1967 Mission Impossible television series, of which only one exists.

One day a mysterious grey-haired man drops a playing card in a deserted alley. Riley picks it up. Is it a secret sign? Before long, he is finding all kinds of bubble gum and cigarette cards on the street, each one apparently containing a further hidden clue to a coded message. Will Riley rise to the challenge and discover the secret of the cards? And will he ever find illusive card 19?

Exquisitely written, extremely funny, and visually stunning, The Card is the utterly unforgettable story of a man who views the world - and everything in it - just a little bit differently from the rest of us.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 336
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 01 May 2013
ISBN 10: 085789126X
ISBN 13: 9780857891266
Book Overview: From Graham Rawle, author of 'the most wildly original novel produced in this country in the past decade... a work of genius' (The Times on Woman's World), comes a charming, surreal, visually stunning and utterly unforgettable new novel: The Card.

Media Reviews
As emotionally affecting as it is intellectually nimble * The Times *
Packed with colourful characters and an idiosyncratic charisma * Independent *
The sort of paranoia-driven escapade Alfred Hitchcock would be proud of * Time Out *
The Card by Graham Rawle is engaging, thought-provoking, and at times laugh out loud funny * Manchester Evening News *
What a treasure we have in Graham Rawle * Scotsman *
There's a Jonathan Coe-like feel to this jolly but surprisingly moving account of an overactive mind troubled by boyhood heartache... Rawle's charming illustrations aptly make his pun-packed trawl through pop-cultural history a collector's item itself. * Metro *
Sweet, amusing and moreish * Sunday Herald *
Author Bio
Graham Rawle is a writer and collage artist whose visual work incorporates illustration, design, photography and installation. His popular series, 'Lost Consonants' appeared in the Guardian magazine for 15 years. Among his published books are Diary of an Amateur Photographer and The Wizard of Oz, winner of the 2009 Book of the Year at the British Book Design Awards. His acclaimed novel Woman's World is being made into a feature film. He lives in London.