![]() First edition (UK) | |
Author | Edward Docx |
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Language | English |
Publisher |
Picador (UK) Mariner Books (US) |
Publication date | 2007 (UK), 2008 (US) |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print & eBook |
Pages | 320 |
ISBN | 0-330-43835-2 |
Self Help (published as Pravda in the US) is a novel by English author Edward Docx, published in 2007 by Picador; it won Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize that year and was also long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. [1] The novel has received positive reviews, [2] his description of cities being compared to both Dickens [3] and Dostoevsky. [4]
"Alone in her native St. Petersburg, Maria Glover sends an urgent summons to London and New York. Her son and daughter arrive too late to see her". [5] Their mother's death marks the beginning of the twins search for the truth about her...
![]() First edition (UK) | |
Author | Edward Docx |
---|---|
Language | English |
Publisher |
Picador (UK) Mariner Books (US) |
Publication date | 2007 (UK), 2008 (US) |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print & eBook |
Pages | 320 |
ISBN | 0-330-43835-2 |
Self Help (published as Pravda in the US) is a novel by English author Edward Docx, published in 2007 by Picador; it won Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize that year and was also long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. [1] The novel has received positive reviews, [2] his description of cities being compared to both Dickens [3] and Dostoevsky. [4]
"Alone in her native St. Petersburg, Maria Glover sends an urgent summons to London and New York. Her son and daughter arrive too late to see her". [5] Their mother's death marks the beginning of the twins search for the truth about her...