Death of a Superhero
$26.82
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
20 November 2012
Summary
Now a motion picture starring Andy Serkis and Thomas Brodie-SangsterDonald Delpe is a troubled teenager. Not only is he a ‘terrible teen’ by default, as obsessed with sex, music, videogames and drugs as the rest of his gang, but he is also suffering from a life-threatening form of leukaemia, which makes him an even more difficult boy, both for his parents and his teachers. Escaping into his own comic-book realm of immortal superheroes, ruthless villains and sex-crazed vamps, he repeatedly …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781846882876 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1846882877 |
| Author: | Anthony McCarten |
| Publisher: | Alma Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Alma Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 20 November 2012 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 16mm |
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“There are enough lustrous passages in Spinners to give it a translucent glowalien spaceship or not.” Newsday on Spinners
One of New Zealand’s most exciting literary exports * International Herald Tribune *McCarten burns a literary firework. Sentences, paragraphs, pages are ablaze with wonderful word creations. McCarten, with Death of a Superhero, has modelled a novel which belongs on the literary catwalk. He is super-sad, super-cool, super-witty – and deserves to be celebrated. * Bild *
About The Author
Anthony McCarten
Anthony McCarten’s debut novel, Spinners, won international acclaim, and was followed by The English Harem and the award winning Death of a Superhero, all three books being translated into many languages. McCarten has also written twelve stage plays, including the worldwide success Ladies’ Night, which won France’s Molière Prize, the Meilleure Pièce Comique, in 2001. Also a film-maker, he has thrice adapted his own plays or novels into feature films which he directed himself.
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