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24 for 3 Jennie Walker

24 for 3 By Jennie Walker

24 for 3 by Jennie Walker


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Imagine being On Chesil Beach with a copy of Wisden's Almanac

24 for 3 Summary

24 for 3 by Jennie Walker

Do cricketers blush? What happens if the ball hits a seagull? Can a woman have a lover and a husband and still keep her family together? Can the rules be changed? Friday: as a Test match between England and India begins, a woman's attention is torn between a husband who is all too keen to explain the rules, a lover who prefers mystery, and a sixteen-year-old son who hasn't come home. By Tuesday night the match will have been won or lost. Or perhaps it will have reached a draw in which only pride may be salvaged? 24 for 3 is a perfectly crafted, funny and moving masterpiece about love, family, passion and whether or not one should play by the rules.

24 for 3 Reviews

'24 for 3 contains some of the tightest, cleanest writing I have seen in a long time This is a little marvel. It's funny, clever, illuminating, deeply kind-hearted and it doesn't overstay its welcome. It's not self-indulgent: things happen in it, surprising things, like in an old-fashioned novel, yet it's perfectly contemporary; and every word has been chosen with subtle care' Nicholas Lezard, Guardian 'Exceptionally intellectually nimble as well as freshly expressed [Walker] is a very fine poet and it shows' Susannah Clapp, BBC Radio 4 Saturday Review 'This is such a gem. I wish I'd written it' Suzannah Dunn 'Read 24 for 3. Give it to smart friends, dull ones, brainy and dense ones; leave it on the train instead of a newspaper. I hope it outsells Alan Bennett's delightful squib, The Uncommon Reader, because it achieves the hardest thing in fiction: joy from difficulty, while maintaining a sense of unforced truth' Spectator

About Jennie Walker

Jennie Walker is a pen-name of Charles Boyle, an award-winning poet. Charles lives in London with his wife and two sons.

Additional information

GOR013622633
9780747597926
0747597928
24 for 3 by Jennie Walker
Used - Like New
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20080804
144
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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