A Week in December |
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| Authors: | Faulks, Sebastian |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| BISAC/Subject: | FIC019000, FIC025000, FIC048000 |
| ISBN: | 9780385533089, Related ISBNs: 0091794455, 0099458284, 0099599880, 0307476626, 030771408X |
| Classification: | Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 480, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
In the blustery final days of 2007, seven characters will reach an unexpected turning point: a hedge fund manager pulling off a trade, a professional football player recently arrived from Poland, a young lawyer with too much time on his hands, a student led astray by Islamist theory, a hack book reviewer, a schoolboy hooked on pot and reality TV, and a Tube train driver whose Circle Line train joins these lives in a daily loop. And as the novel moves to its gripping climax, they are forced, one by one, to confront the new world they inhabit.
Panoramic and masterful, A Week in December melds moral heft and piercing wit, holding a mirror up to the complex patterns and crossings of modern urban life.
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