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ROBERT MCLIAM WILSON - Ripley Bogle

Title: Ripley Bogle
Description: Ballantine Books, 2000. Pp: 325. A Cambridge dropout turned penniless drifter, the unforgettable Ripley Bogle takes us through the underbelly of London and into the surreal world of a vagabond. But Bogle is not your average bum. With a razor-sharp intellect, prodigious powers of perception, and better-than-average appearance ("Most movie stars would give their false back teeth for the kind of lived-in look that I possess"), Bogle careens through the wild streets of homelessness and Irish identity, all the while regaling us with the tale of his ragged Belfast past-and the events that led up to his extraordinary existence. In a brilliant coupling of sardonic, self-deprecating wit and the lush lyricism of a poet, Robert McLiam Wilson brings us a fiercely modern character with an old soul. Imbued with a grace that is thoroughly at odds with his squalid world, Ripley Bogle gnaws at the fringes of society and skewers its fat heart. The result is a hilarious, unexpectedly touching novel that is destined to become a classic. ISBN: 9780345430946. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

Keywords: 9780345430946

Price: EUR 6.50 = appr. US$ 7.06 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 894586

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