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Tell
Overview
A novel of intense, flickering intelligence, Tell is structured as a series of interviews with a woman who worked as a gardener for a wealthy businessman and art collector who has mysteriously disappeared, and may or may not have committed suicide. What might be a gloomy subject is instead alluring, lit from within by a lively deep knowledge of human nature: Buckley's eye for motivations brings to mind a Thomas Hardy for our atomized 21st-century. A thrilling novel of strange, intoxicating immediacy, Tell carries the pleasures of exciting new gossip enjoyed with a rare old cognac by a crackling fire.
Calling his work "captivating," John Banville has asked: "Why isn't Jonathan Buckley better known?"
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- ISBN-13: 9780811237918
- ISBN-10: 0811237915
- Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Publish Date: March 2024
- Dimensions: 7.98 x 5.24 x 0.47 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.43 pounds
- Page Count: 160
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