Neon in Daylight
A Novel
$22.29
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
30 July 2018
Summary
‘What do you get when a writer of extreme intelligence, insight, style and beauty chronicles the lives of self-absorbed hedonists - The Great Gatsby, Bright Lights, Big City, and now Neon in Daylight. Hermione Hoby held me spellbound’ Ann Patchett, author of *COMMONWEALTH’
‘Hoby is so good at unpacking all the strange dynamics at work in sex and desire’ Emma Cline, author of *THE GIRLS’
‘The perfect book with which to while away those hot summer nigh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781409184621 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1409184625 |
| Author: | Hermione Hoby |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 30 July 2018 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 136mm x 21mm |
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Critics Review
Hoby is so good at unpacking all the strange dynamics at work in sex and desire
Hoby’s beautifully written story of a complex triangle of relationships plays out in the heat of a New York summer. The perfect book with which to while away those hot summer nights. - IndependentThis book pulses with the sticky heat of summer and sex and power and desire … a deliriously beautiful tale - NylonShakespearean in its comings and goings and near misses … an assured debut that revels in its conjuring of sultry excess - GuardianA smart, shimmering study of youthful self-discovery and the power of place, unfurling over the course of a single summer in the city … the book’s prose is impressively precise, glinting with pocketable images and insights …. A vibrant rush of a novel’ - ObserverThis book pulses with the sticky heat of summer and sex and power and desire … a deliriously beautiful tale - NylonA radiant first novel with antecedents in the great novels of the 1970s: Renata Adler’s Speedboat, Elizabeth Hardwick’s Sleepless Nights, Joan Didion’s Play It as It Lays - New York TimesA broiling shimmering NYC is the star of this modern coming-of-age novel, which has made huge waves stateside - expect Gatsby-esque hedonism and lyricism - Evening Standard MagazineAbout The Author
Hermione Hoby
Hermione Hoby grew up in south London. After working for the Observer, she moved to New York. She is a freelance journalist who writes for publications including the New Yorker, the Guardian, the New York Times, and the Times Literary Supplement. She has interviewed hundreds of actors, writers, pop stars and other cultural figures including Toni Morrison, Meryl Streep, Naomi Campbell, and Debbie Harry. NEON IN DAYLIGHT is her first novel.
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