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Politics

Adam Thirlwell

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EAN: 9781448104499
Published: 1 Jul 2006

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'In case you had not noticed,' writes Adam Thirlwell in his first novel, Politics, 'in this book I am not interested in anything so small as the history of the USSR. I am not writing anything so limited.'

In this epic miniature, therefore, Politics tells the story of three kids in their twenties falling in love with each in London. And, simultaneously, it tells other, smaller stories: of Stalin on the phone, Mao in the bathroom, Osip Mandelstam in another bathroom, Adolf Hitler on all fours, and Milan Kundera in an argument.

Politics is not (quite) about politics.

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What the critics say

Extremely accomplished...very sophisticated
- Guardian

One of the funniest, most stylish and utterly original debuts in years
- The Times

This is a clever book. Fantastically clever...funny and strangely insightful... A genuinely original book
- Daily Mail

Dazzling...clever, funny and original
- Observer

Allusive, barbed, cocky, flamboyant, reckless, obscene and very funny
- Time Out

Adam Thirlwell is a craftsman - a master builder... Hugely entertaining... I have read this book twice. I shall read it again
- Scotsman

Thirlwell's debut drips with cool
- Daily Telegraph

Politics deserves your immediate attention
- Independent

This book is a literary sensation... Politics really is the novel of the twenty-first century
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

A book you immediately want to give to all of your friends...irresisitibly funny and true
- Le Monde

A new and great talent
- La Repubblica

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About the Author

Adam Thirlwell was born in 1978. He is the author of the novels The Escape and Miss Herbert. He was named as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists in 2003 and again in 2013. He lives in London.