The Good Luck of Right Now
10 April 2014Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
From Matthew Quick, the bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook.
'Original, compelling, uplifiting' Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Project.
Bartholomew Neil is thirty-nine and lost.
After the death of his beloved mum he has no idea how to be on his own, and he knows it's about time he found his flock.
But how does a man whose whole life has...
Details
10 April 2014256 pages
9781447247470Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Original, compelling, uplifting. Quick celebrates the power of ordinary, flawed human beings to rescue themselves and each other. His writing is shot through with wit and humanity and an ultimately optimistic view of people, without ever becoming sentimental.Graeme Simsion, author of THE ROSIE PROJECT
Funny, touching, wise, and ultimately life-affirming . . . If you loved The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, this book is for you.Garth Stein, author of THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
I loved this novel from its quirky and unconventional opening to its poignant, tear-inducing conclusion.Wally Lamb, author of I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE
This book channels the same screwball sad sweetness we loved so much in The Silver Linings Playbook.GQ
