Soul Tourists
From the Booker prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other
$22.56
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
16 July 2020
Summary
A funny, fabulous tale of two twentieth-century misfits and their adventures across Europe
Stanley Williams, angst-ridden banker and boffin, wonders whether there’s more to life than his daily nine-to-five grind. One night he’s dragged to a disco at Piccadilly Circus and there he meets Jessie—artiste, motormouth, ducker and diver. She swoops Stanley out of his soulless life and off on a rollercoaster road trip across Europe, bringing him face to face with a host of forgotten luminarie…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140297829 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140297820 |
| Author: | Bernardine Evaristo |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 16 July 2020 |
| Weight: | 214g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 19mm |
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About The Author
Bernardine Evaristo
Bernardine Evaristo, MBE, is the award-winning author of eight books of fiction and verse fiction that explore aspects of the African diaspora. Her novel Girl, Woman, Other made her the first black woman to win the Booker Prize in 2019, as well as winning the Fiction Book of the Year Award at the British Book Awards in 2020, where she also won Author of the Year, and the Indie Book Award. She also became the first woman of colour and black British writer to reach No.1 in the UK paperback fiction chart in 2020. In 2025 she was awarded the Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award. Her other awards and honours include an MBE in 2009 and an OBE in 2020. Her writing spans reviews, essays, drama and radio, and she has edited and guest-edited national publications, including The Sunday Time’s Style magazine. Bernardine is Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University, London, and President of the Royal Society of Literature. She lives in London with her husband.
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