The Yips

Author(s): Nicola Barker

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The hilarious new novel from the Man Booker-shortlisted author of DARKMANS, Nicola Barker. 2006 is a foreign country; they do things differently there. Tiger Woods' reputation is entirely untarnished and the English Defence League does not exist yet. Storm-clouds of a different kind are gathering above the bar of Luton's less than exclusive Thistle Hotel. Among those caught up in the unfolding drama are a man who's had cancer seven times, a woman priest with an unruly fringe, the troubled family of a notorious local fascist, an interfering barmaid with three E's at A-level but a PhD in bullshit, a free-thinking Muslim sex therapist and his considerably more pious wife. But at the heart of every intrigue and the bottom of every mystery is the repugnantly charismatic Stuart Ransom - a golfer in free-fall. Nicola Barker's THE YIPS is at once a historical novel of the pre-Twitter moment, the filthiest state-of-the-nation novel since Martin Amis' MONEY and the most flamboyant piece of comic fiction ever to be set in Luton.

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Praise for 'Burley Cross Postbox Theft': 'A vastly satisfying and adventurous novel, a state-of-the-nation comedy from a novelist who can do pretty much anything she likes and is having a great time doing it. This really isn't a book to pass up.' Daily Telegraph 'This is the work of a writer in love with language and the ways people employ it to express themselves!nothing short of dazzling.' Observer 'A superb comic novel!the collective, whispery subconscious of a small community is brilliantly suggested through almost imperceptible echoes.' Daily Mail 'Intensely pleasurable. Barker's sheer energy is irresistible while the intelligence that drives this small comic universe is both spikily awkward and sweetly benign! For inventiveness and verve!no one else comes close.' Guardian 'The cacophony of voices is the perfect showcase for Barker's linguistic games. From love-letters to suicide notes, her language vaults, somersaults and cartwheels across the page! it might just win her a new legion of fans tempted by this funny, heartbreaking book.' Sunday Telegraph

Nicola Barker's eight previous novels include 'Darkmans' (short-listed for the 2007 Booker and Ondaatje prizes, and winner of the Hawthornden), 'Wide Open' (winner of the 2000 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award) and 'Clear' (long-listed for the Booker Prize in 2004). She has also written two prize-winning collections of short-stories, and her work has been translated into more than twenty languages. She lives in east London.

General Fields

  • : 9780007476657
  • : HarperCollins Publishers
  • : Fourth Estate Ltd
  • : 0.865
  • : May 2012
  • : 240mm X 159mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : August 2012
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Nicola Barker
  • : Hardback
  • : 8-Dec
  • : 823.92
  • : 550