East of Wimbledon

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Paperback
2013
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Robert Wilson is an aimless, chronically untruthful young Englishman who has passed himself off as a Muslim, in order to secure a job at the newly established Wimbledon Independent Islamic Boys' Day School. East of Wimbledon is the hilarious story of Mr Wilson's decline and fall, as he demonstrates the failure of a post-colonial Briton to understand another great imperial culture that has absolutely no need of him.

Synopsis

Robert Wilson is an aimless, chronically untruthful young Englishman who has passed himself off as a Muslim, in order to secure a job at the newly established Wimbledon Independent Islamic Boys' Day School. East of Wimbledon is the hilarious story of Mr Wilson's decline and fall, as he demonstrates the failure of a post-colonial Briton to understand another great imperial culture that has absolutely no need of him.

$16.44

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 241
Publisher: Corsair
Published: 18 Jul 2013
ISBN 10: 1472106776
ISBN 13: 9781472106773
Book Overview: The third title in Nigel William's hilarious Wimbledon trilogy, all re-issued with eye-catching covers.

Media Reviews

Screamingly funny * Independent on Sunday *
Williams has taken the suburban comic novel to heights of which it can never have dreamed. * Guardian *
A cleverly plotted, wildly funny plea for common sense [that] makes you laugh out aloud on nearly every page. * New Statesman *

Author Bio

Nigel Williams is the author of twelve novels - including the best-selling Wimbledon Trilogy. His stage plays includeClass Enemy, still being performed all over the world, and a dramatisation of William Golding's Lord of the Flies recently revived at the Regent's Park Theatre. He also wrote the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning Elizabeth I, starring Helen Mirren, while his BBC Radio 4 comedy 'HR' , with Jonathan Pryce and Nicholas le Prevost, is now in its fourth series. He has lived in Putney for thirty years.