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OverviewAt a once vibrant communal-living property in the British countryside, back-to-basics fervor has given way to a vague discontent. A place that once buzzed with activity, from the polytunnels to the pottery shed, now functions with a skeleton crew. Founder Don Riley surveys his domain with the grim focus of someone who knows what's best for everyone--and isn't afraid to let them know. Especially when those people are related to him. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Joe DunthornePublisher: Penguin Export Imprint: Penguin Export ISBN: 9780241962626ISBN 10: 0241962625 Publication Date: 01 June 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviews<p>Praise for Wild Abandon <br> [Contains] one of the funniest, most poignant kids I've run across in fiction... Wild Abandon had me pestering my wife with favorite lines till she promised to read it. - Ron Charles, The Washington Post <p><br> He's an elegant, accessible, and interesting comic novelist, whose work, I suspect, will provide a great deal of pleasure to a great number of people for many years. - Nick Hornby, The Believer <br> <p> [R]ichly plotted and peopled -- Entertainment Weekly<br> <p> Populated by flawed, occasionally exasperating, lovable and, above all, thoroughly imagined characters, Wild Abandon is about what happens to children when parents become consumed by their beliefs...A terrific novel. - Nick Hornby, The Guardian, Best Books of the Year <p> Think Juno or Bottle Rocket, then read [ Wild Abandon ]... This novel could be charming and silly, but Dunthorne infuses it with a wry, dark humor that builds to a nearly terrifying conclusion... Complicated, realistic, and unsettling - Library Journal <p> With well-developed characters and a dark humor reminiscent of that in his first novel, Submarine (2008), Dunthorne delivers hilarity and heartbreak while redefining the essence of normality in this story about what makes a family and what makes a family dysfunctional. --Booklist <p> A fresh perspective on modern culture, peppered with colorful dialogue. --Kirkus<p> Manages to be both tender and biting . . . Wild Abandon never lapses into parody, because [Joe] Dunthorne doesn't scrimp on the small moments that make a character light up. . . . Truly laugh-out-loud hilarious. --The Independent on Sunday <br> <br> Has you wincing on [the protagonist's] behalf, page after page-turning page . . .Dunthorne does himself proud. [He draws] characters with real staying power. -- The Evening Standard (London) <br> Sublimely enjoyable. -- Metro <br> Full of finely nuanced details and a restless comic energy . . . bu Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |