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A Week in December
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Overview
In the blustery final days of 2007, seven characters will reach an unexpected turning point: a hedge fund manager pulling off a trade, a professional football player recently arrived from Poland, a young lawyer with too much time on his hands, a student led astray by Islamist theory, a hack book reviewer, a schoolboy hooked on pot and reality TV, and a Tube train driver whose Circle Line train joins these lives in a daily loop. And as the novel moves to its gripping climax, they are forced, one by one, to confront the new world they inhabit.
Panoramic and masterful, A Week in December melds moral heft and piercing wit, holding a mirror up to the complex patterns and crossings of modern urban life.Customers Also Bought
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780307476623
- ISBN-10: 0307476626
- Publisher: Vintage
- Publish Date: March 2011
- Dimensions: 8.01 x 5.31 x 0.86 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.68 pounds
- Page Count: 400
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