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Tom the Obscure
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Description
By the author of Ducks, Newburyport, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2019
Bloomsbury Publishing is given over to the life of the mind – the entire building is adorned, insulated and overwhelmed by books. Yet the snacking habits of the Editorial Department have given rise to a problematic situation – the place has been invaded by mice!
Into this mousey coup d'etat steps Tom, a marvellous heathen of a ginger farm cat who's never seen a book in his life. His career begins promisingly, but his effectiveness soon comes into question. Tom settles so well into the Bloomsbury routine that he sleeps soundly in his armchair at night while the mice run riot upstairs. Tom, it seems, is not cut out for mousing. He is an intellectual, he is Tom the Obscure, and destined for greater things…
Product details
Published | 07 Nov 2013 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 32 |
ISBN | 9781408845783 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Dimensions | Not specified |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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I begin to suspect she may be some sort of genius
Daily Telegraph
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Funny, angry, sarcastic and utterly individual, Ellmann has been described as “one of modern literature's most well-kept secrets”
Alison Flood, Observer
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One of the few really innovative and original writers of her generation
The Times