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The Society Of Others

William Nicholson

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English
Black Swan
15 May 2015
First adult novel by the bestselling children's author of THE WIND SINGER.

He has nowhere to go...so he goes there.

An alienated young man can see no meaning in life. He doesn't even see the point of getting out of bed in the morning. To escape from his family he decides to set off on a hitchhiking adventure around Europe, and is picked up by a friendly lorry driver with an unusual interest in philosophy.

The journey takes him through a violent and Kafkaesque nightmare to a destination that changes his life.
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Imprint:   Black Swan
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 127mm,  Spine: 19mm
Weight:   210g
ISBN:   9781784160951
ISBN 10:   1784160954
Pages:   304
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

William Nicholson is the acclaimed author of the play Shadowlands, which was turned into a feature film starring Anthony Hopkins, for which he also wrote the screenplay. Hehas been the screenwriter for many other films, among them Gladiator. He is also the award-winning author of the bestselling trilogy of novels for children, The Wind on Fire. His novel, The Book of True Love, is available from Doubleday. William Nicholson lives in Sussex. Visit the author's website on www.williamnicholson.com

Reviews for The Society Of Others

Thrilling in every respect, but also hypnotic, fast-moving and intellectually challenging . . . Quite staggeringly good. * Daily Mail * It entertains us while it reflects with great profundity on the human condition . . . one of the best novelists around. -- Piers Paul Read * Spectator * Nicolson describes it as 'a thriller about the meaning of life' and that's pretty accurate . . . A genuinely thought-provoking read. * Mail on Sunday * Very good . . . Kafka lurks in the background through all this but Nicholson successfully contrives to supplant that author's fatalism with a hard-won optimism concerning how to remain human amid inhumanity. * The Times * A pacy, tense and often funny read. * Daily Telegraph *


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