04674cam a2200721 4500 284333318 TxAuBib 20170207120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780451493378 0451493370 B01FPH0IUE Amazon 2810258c-3a79-482e-b92e-2557a66a5186 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2882721 OverDrive (Product ID) 540695 2882721 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Coe, Jonathan. Number 11 [Libby] : A Novel. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2017. internet. Sequel. Fiction. prose. Dark Comedy . Surrealism. satire. novel. social commentary. Wealth. Social Media. Literary. english novelist. modern society. Absurdism. British author. a heart so white. aughts. expo 58. letters from fawn creek. number 11 downing street. ox tales. reality shows. selfie generation. social trends. the closed circle. the rain before it falls. the rotters club. the winshaw legacy. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 5193kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 5193kB. Fiction. Literature. Humor (Fiction.) HTML:November 7, 2016 In this sequel to The Winshaw Legacy, two childhood friends, Rachel and Alison, struggle to maintain their friendship and come of age in an England overrun with the alienating forces of modernity: austerity, social media, and capitalism run amok. The book’s point of view is widely, admirably panoramic, detailing Rachel’s early obsession with the death of David Kelly, Alison’s mother’s stint on a Survivor-style reality show, and an Oxford professor’s search for a long-lost German film reel, as well as the travails of two ideologically mismatched detectives, a bloviating right-wing columnist, and a Romanian dog walker who may or may not transform into a giant spider. Rachel is later employed as a tutor for the children of a tax-dodging billionaire, Sir Gilbert Gunn, whose mammoth home expansion includes the excavation and construction of an 11-story basement. The disparate plots draw near one another but never fully meet in action or in theme; nevertheless, this is still an entertaining satire.. Publisher's Weekly. HTML:The long-awaited sequel to The Winshaw Legacy, the novel that introduced American readers to one of Britain's most exciting new writers—an acerbic, hilariously dark, and unflinching portrait of modern society. The novel opens in the early aughts: two ten-year-olds, Alison and Rachel, have a frightening encounter with the "Mad Bird Woman" who lives down the road. As the narrative progresses through time, the novel envelops others who are connected to the girls: Alison's mother, a has-been singer, competing on a hit reality TV show; Rachel's university mentor confronting her late husband's disastrously obsessive search for a German film he saw as a child; a young police constable investigating the seemingly accidental and unrelated deaths of two stand-up comedians; the ludicrously wealthy family who hire Rachel as a nanny—under whose immense London mansion Rachel will discover a dark and terrifying secret. Psychological insight, social commentary, vicious satire, and even surrealist horror are combined in this highly accomplished work to hold up a revealing, disquieting mirror to the world we live in today. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2017-02-06 23:00:02. http://slc.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=2810258c-3a79-482e-b92e-2557a66a5186 https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2810258c-3a79-482e-b92e-2557a66a5186&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2810258c-3a79-482e-b92e-2557a66a5186&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2810258c-3a79-482e-b92e-2557a66a5186&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)