There but for the
By: Ali Smith
Edition: First United States Edition (1)
Publisher: Pantheon Books; Pantheon
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780375424090
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Middle-aged men; Dinners and dinning; Identity (Psychology); Personal space; Social interaction; Fiction
Description: There but for the is the sparkling satirical novel by bestselling Ali Smith. 'There once was a man who, one night between the main course and the sweet at a dinner party, went upstairs and locked himself in one of the bedrooms of the house of the people who were giving the dinner party . . .' As time passes by and the consequences of this stranger's actions ripple outwards, touching the owners, the guests, the neighbours and the whole country, so Ali Smith draws us into a beautiful, strange place where everyone is so much more than they at first appear.