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There But For The
There But For The
Author: Ali Smith
At a dinner party in the posh London suburb of Greenwich, Miles Garth suddenly leaves the table midway through the meal, locks himself in an upstairs room, and refuses to leave. An eclectic group of neighbors and friends slowly gathers around the house, and Miles's story is told from the points of view of four of them: Anna, a woman in her f...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780375424090
ISBN-10: 0375424091
Publication Date: 9/6/2011
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Pantheon
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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A set of 4 interrelated perspective tied together by Miles Garth, a man who locked himself in the upstairs bedroom of his dinner party hosts, showcases Ali Smith's mastery of her craft but There but for the required a lot of attention to read. It's not easy for one's writing to come across as tangential (in the psychiatric mental status exam sense) in so many distinct voices. I can see why critics added it to the 2012 edition of 1001 books you must read before you die.


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