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A Saint in Swindon

English

By (author): Alice Jolly

When a stranger arrives in town, with a bulging blue bag and a whiff of adventure, the neighbourhood takes notice. When he asks for his meals to be sent to his room and peace and quiet for reading, curiosity turns to obsession. 

Each day he stays there, locked in his room, demanding books: Plath, Kafka, Orwell, Lawrence, Fitzgerald, James, Bronte (the eldest), Dickens, Dumas, Kesey - on and on, the stranger never leaving his room. Who exactly is he? What is he reading? And will it be able to save us from the terrible state of the world? 

Written by award-winning author Alice Jolly, and based on an idea by the book lovers of Swindon town, this funny and, ultimately, dystopian tale, reminds us of the importance of literature in an increasingly dark world. See more
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Product Details
  • Publication Date: 15 Apr 2020
  • Publisher: Fairlight Books
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781912054206

About Alice Jolly

Alice Jolly's most recent novel 'Mary Ann Sate Imbecile' was published in 2018 by Unbound. It was runner up for the Rathbones Folio Prize was on the longlist for the Ondaatje Prize and was also selected as a Walter Scott Prize recommended novel. Alice has also won the Pen Ackerley Prize for her memoir and the V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize for one of her short stories. She teaches creative writing at Oxford University.

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