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Mammals

Mammals

by Frank Wynne (Translator), Frank Wynne (Translator), Pierre Merot (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

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Synopsis

'EVERY MODEL FAMILY SHOULD HAVE A FUCK-UP: A FAMILY WITHOUT A FUCK-UP IS NOT TRULY A FAMILY ...' So begins the story of Uncle, one of life's most accomplished under-achievers. A morose bachelor squashed between the legacy of a dozen futile jobs and his mother's endless disapproval, Uncle remains alive to the possibility that - with a little help from booze, sex and writing - life might offer something more meaningful. Caustic, comic and gleefully honest, Mammals is a tale of deliverance from the dregs of a shabby modern age.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 224
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Published: 06 Jul 2006
ISBN 10: 1841955833
ISBN 13: 9781841955834

Media Reviews
A bitterly funny novel about a dissolute, alcoholic loser who wanders between dead-end jobs and therapists. * * Financial Times * *
Bitter and hilarious, with a razor-sharp sense of the absurd. -- Niall Griffiths
Made me laugh and cry simultaneously, which made my face look very strange, but my brain, my soul, and my heart very happy. Merot is one of the most important novelists of our country. -- Frederic Beigbeder
Funny, mischievous, unhoped for, and written so perfectly. In a word, brilliant. * * La Figaro * *
Author Bio
Pierre Merot was born in Paris forty-something years ago. Mammals is his fourth novel and tells the story of the life of a man born in Paris forty-something years ago.