A failing golf pro, the repugnantly charismatic Stuart Ransom, takes the lead role in Nicola Barker’s hilarious, free-swinging comedy
Darkmans
Written by Nicola Barker
- Shortlisted
- The Man Booker Prize 2007
- Published by Fourth Estate
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Nicola Barker’s startling visionary narrative. If history is just a sick joke that keeps repeating itself, then who exactly is telling it - and why?
Darkmans is a very modern book, set in Ashford (a ridiculously modern town), about two very old-fashioned subjects: love and jealousy. It’s also a book about invasion, obsession, displacement and possession, about comedy, art, prescription drugs and chiropody. And the main character? The past, which creeps up on the present and whispers something quite dark - quite unspeakable - into its ear.
Nicola Barker
Nicola Barker was named as one of the 20 Best Young British Novelists by Granta in 2005. Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages
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