Started Early, Took My Dog: (Jackson Brodie)

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The fourth Jackson Brodie novel: literary crime from the prizewinning number-one bestselling author of Big Sky and Transcription.’Crime has given Atkinson the freedom to write an ambitious, panoramic work, full of excitement, colour and compassion’ Sunday TimesA day like any other for security chief Tracy Waterhouse, until she makes a shocking impulse purchase. That one moment of madness is all it takes for Tracy’s humdrum world to be turned upside down, the tedium of everyday life replaced by fear and danger at every turn. Witnesses to Tracy’s outrageous exchange in the Merrion Centre in Leeds are Tilly, an elderly actress teetering on the brink of her own disaster, and Jackson Brodie, who has returned to his home county in search of someone else’s roots. All three characters learn that the past is never history and that no good deed goes unpunished.

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Weight 0.342 kg
Dimensions 3 × 13 × 19.8 cm
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Pages

496

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Year Published

2011-2-17

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Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

0552772461

'Atkinson's finest novel to date. Indeed, it's one of the finest British novels, in any genre, to have emerged for years…sharp and dexterous, subtle and stylish, very funny and at time extraordinarily cutting…This is very much a state of the nation novel – far sharper and more observant and satirically understanding than anything else out there at the moment. And yet Atkinson also gives us humanity, insight and entertainment…a story that deserves to be read for decades to come

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The wonder of Atkinson's novels has been their joie de vivre, extraordinary given the high incidence of violent death. An irrepressible exuberance shines throughout..folds past and present together with Atkinson's customary flair…extraordinary combination of wit, plain-speaking, tenderness and control

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