All Shall Be Well; And All Shall Be Well; And All Manner of Things Shall Be Well
$31.61
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2008
Summary
Dazzlingly inventive and utterly original, All Shall Be Well is a surprise and a delight.
Meet Burt Hecker, aka Eckbert Attquiet, a 63-year-old medieval re-enactor with a momentous nose, who dresses in tunics and drinks too much home-made mead. His treasured wife Kitty has died and their strange and beautiful relationship is now the stuff of history; he has sold all of his possessions and bought a one-way ticket to Europe, bent on rescuing his beloved son Tristan from the ‘ev…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099506935 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099506939 |
| Author: | Tod Wodicka |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2008 |
| Weight: | 195g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 130mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
Bursting with humour and weighted with sadness
Bursting with humour and weighted with sadness * Financial Times *
Vibrant, original, at times hilarious…reminiscent of Philip Roth or Jonathan Franzen (or The Royal Tenenbaums, for that matter) * New Statesman *
Wodicka has crafted an eccentric tale full of humour and compassion * Guardian *
A boisterous debut…a genuinely moving narrative - applause is justified * Times Literary Supplement *
Packed with wit, humour and wise epigrammatic observations on life * Big Issue *
Wodicka’s narrative displays a skill that frequently belies his status as a first-time novelist * The Times *
So who’s the worst father in literature? Lear? Pap Finn? Michael Henchard? Ladies and gentlemen, there’s a new contender in town. Tod Wodicka has created a monster of neglect and lack of awareness in bulbous-nosed Burt Hecker, a 63-year-old American medieval re-enactor who wouldn’t know answerability from a hole in the ground. * Sunday Telegraph *
Wodicka is assured and original, and his wry and subtle prose is a pleasure throughout. Burt is a pathetic, frustrating and sympathetic creation, heartbroken and heartbreaking as he struggles to pull himself together for his children. * Observer *
Wodicka is original and writes an efficient, precise prose * Irish Times *
A wonderfully memorable protagonist… and an arresting narrative that manages to combine both tragedy and hilarity * The Bookseller *
Tod Wodicka
Tod Wodicka was born in Glens Falls, New York in 1976. He was educated at Manchester University. He lives in Berlin.
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