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Notes for a young gentleman

Notes for a young gentleman
Notes for a young gentleman
Book blurb:
Toby Litt is one of that rare breed of fiction writers who never writes the same book twice: every time out, he takes an unexpected new tack—and his readers happily follow.

Told in the form of the pithy, even lyrical advice a young soldier leaves behind after a mission gone wrong, Notes for a Young Gentleman is no exception. Its brilliantly creative form, and the epigrammatic genius Litt displays in its creation, nonetheless can’t hide the powerful, emotional story at its heart: of a young soldier parachuting toward a beautiful, moonlit country house on a mission . . . of betrayal. The house? Marlborough. The target? Winston Churchill, an old friend of his father. A brilliant, at times dizzying but always heartfelt exploration of love, revenge, and the essence of a gentleman, Notes for a Young Gentleman is classic Toby Litt: wholly new and wholly unforgettable.
Seagull Books
Litt, Toby
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Litt, Toby
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Litt, Toby (2018) Notes for a young gentleman , Kolkata, India. Seagull Books, 376pp.

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Book blurb:
Toby Litt is one of that rare breed of fiction writers who never writes the same book twice: every time out, he takes an unexpected new tack—and his readers happily follow.

Told in the form of the pithy, even lyrical advice a young soldier leaves behind after a mission gone wrong, Notes for a Young Gentleman is no exception. Its brilliantly creative form, and the epigrammatic genius Litt displays in its creation, nonetheless can’t hide the powerful, emotional story at its heart: of a young soldier parachuting toward a beautiful, moonlit country house on a mission . . . of betrayal. The house? Marlborough. The target? Winston Churchill, an old friend of his father. A brilliant, at times dizzying but always heartfelt exploration of love, revenge, and the essence of a gentleman, Notes for a Young Gentleman is classic Toby Litt: wholly new and wholly unforgettable.

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Published date: 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 479724
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/479724
PURE UUID: d0efa2a3-5677-4864-88f6-249d485a5d1d
ORCID for Toby Litt: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8065-2858

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Date deposited: 26 Jul 2023 16:54
Last modified: 28 Jul 2023 02:05

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Author: Toby Litt ORCID iD

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