News Where You Are из жанра Современная русская и зарубежная проза

News Where You Are

Современная русская и зарубежная проза

Автор: O'Flynn Catherine

Язык: английский

Год: 2010

Издатель: Penguin

Добавил: Admin 20 Фев 16

Проверил: Admin 20 Фев 16

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Set in Birmingham, The News Where You Are tells the funny, touching story of Frank, a local TV news presenter. Beneath his awkwardly corny screen persona, Frank is haunted by disappearances: the mysterious hit and run that killed his predecessor Phil Smethway; the demolition of his father’s post-war brutalist architecture; and the unmarked passing of those who die alone in the city. Frank struggles to make sense of these absences while having to report endless local news stories of holes opening up in people’s gardens and trying to cope with his resolutely miserable mother. The result is that rare thing: a page-turning novel which asks the big questions in an accessible way, and is laugh-out-loud funny, genuinely moving and ultimately uplifting.