A.S. Byatt, Sunday Times Books of the Year
Robert Irwin's novel about English surrealism is funny and
profound and hugely satisfying.
profound and hugely satisfying.
Ian Critchley, The Sunday Times
Robert Irwin is a master of the surreal imagination...full of
astonishing insights and hilarious pretensions. Superb.
astonishing insights and hilarious pretensions. Superb.
Myfanwy Bowering, Buzz Magazine
It is both funny and intense. A.S. Byatt campaigned for the novel
to win the 1995 Booker prize.
to win the 1995 Booker prize.
Nicholas Royale, Time Out
Exquisite Corpse is among the most adventurous, ambitious and
daring novels published so far this decade.
daring novels published so far this decade.
Brooke Allen, The New York Times
An off-beat, brisk and darkly comic new novel. Robert Irwin is a
deft writer with a fine ironic touch.
deft writer with a fine ironic touch.
Myfanwy Bowering, Buzz Magazine
It is both funny and intense. A.S. Byatt campaigned for the novel
to win the 1995 Booker prize.
to win the 1995 Booker prize.
Book Description
Caspar, the narrator, writes of his possession by mad love and
his obsessive quest for a vanishing woman. Set in London, Paris and Munich
in the 1940s and 50s.
his obsessive quest for a vanishing woman. Set in London, Paris and Munich
in the 1940s and 50s.
From the Publisher
Another classic from the author described by Ruth Rendell as
'a writer of rare insight'.
'a writer of rare insight'.
