Lost For Words
01 May 2014Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Each of the judges of the Elysian Prize for literature has a reason for accepting the job. For the chairman, MP Malcolm Craig, it is backbench boredom, media personality Jo Cross is on the hunt for a 'relevant' novel, and Oxbridge academic Vanessa Shaw is determined to discover good writing. But for Penny Feathers of the Foreign Office, it's all...
Details
01 May 2014256 pages
9781447253440Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Belly-achingly hilarious.Sunday Times
Written with restless wit . . . a pleasure.Observer
What makes you smile, and smile, and smile is the elegance of the writing. Seldom was so much pretentiousness skewered so stylishly.Novel of the Week, Mail on Sunday
Everything St. Aubyn writes is worth reading for the cleansing rancor of his intelligence and the fierce elegance of his prose.Anne Enright, New York Times Book Review
