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Emotionally Weird
- Author
- Kate Atkinson
- Narrator
- Kara Wilson
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Publish Date
- 12 February 2015
- Run Time
- 11 hours 23 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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On a peat and heather island off the west coast of Scotland, Effie and her mother Nora take refuge in the large mouldering house of their ancestors and tell each other stories.Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear, like who her father was - variously Jimmy, Jack, or Ernie.
Effie tells of her life at college in Dundee, the land of cakes and William Wallace, where she lives in a lethargic relationship with Bob, a student who never goes to lectures, seldom gets out of bed, and to whom the Klingons are as real as the French and the Germans (more real than the Luxemburgers).But strange things are happening. Why is Effie being followed?Is someone killing the old people? And where is the mysterious yellow dog?
Critics Review
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The lustre, energy and panache of her writing are as striking as ever...Funny, bold and memorable
The Times
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Beautifully written...brimming with quirky characters and original storytelling. Kate Atkinson has struck gold with this unique offering
Time Out
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A truly comic novel - achingly funny in parts - challenging and executed with wit and mischief...an hilarious and magical trip
Daily Express
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Sends jolts of pleasure off the page...Atkinson's funniest foray yet...it is a work of Dickensian or even Shakespearean plenty
The Scotsman
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A truly comic novel - achingly funny in parts - challenging and executed with wit and mischief...an hilarious and magical trip
The Express
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Her novels are remarkable both in and of themselves, and as evidence of an important emerging body of work from a brilliant and profoundly original writer
Daily Telegraph
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With just two novels, Atkinson has added new colour to the British literary landscape
Guardian
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Details
- Author
- Kate Atkinson
- Narrator
- Kara Wilson
- Duration
- 11 hours 23 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 February 2015
- ISBN
- 9781473510456
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Genre
- Family life fiction / Stories about family, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Narrative theme: love / relationships
Synopsis
On a peat and heather island off the west coast of Scotland, Effie and her mother Nora take refuge in the large mouldering house of their ancestors and tell each other stories.Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear, like who her father was - variously Jimmy, Jack, or Ernie.Effie tells of her life at college in Dundee, the land of cakes and William Wallace, where she lives in a lethargic relationship with Bob, a student who never goes to lectures, seldom gets out of bed, and to whom the Klingons are as real as the French and the Germans (more real than the Luxemburgers).But strange things are happening. Why is Effie being followed?Is someone killing the old people? And where is the mysterious yellow dog?
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