Auteur: Carty-Williams, Candice

Édition: 01

Nombre de pages: 400

Éditeur: Trapeze

Date de sortie: 06-02-2020

Détails: Description du produit THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION ‘Hilarious, compelling, painful, enlightening, honest. I loved it’ – Dolly Alderton’Brilliant, timely, funny, heartbreaking’ – Jojo Moyes’A deliciously funny, characterful, topical and thrilling novel for our times’ – Bernardine Evaristo, WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZEMeet Queenie. She just can’t cut a break. Well, apart from one from her long term boyfriend, Tom. That’s just a break though. Definitely not a break up. Stuck between a boss who doesn’t seem to see her, a family who don’t seem to listen (if it’s not Jesus or water rates, they’re not interested), and trying to fit in two worlds that don’t really understand her, it’s no wonder she’s struggling. She was named to be queen of everything. So why is she finding it so hard to rule her own life? A darkly comic and bitingly subversive take on life, love, race and family, Queenie will have you nodding in recognition, crying in solidarity and rooting for this unforgettable character every step of the way.Perfect for fans of Dolly Alderton, Sally Rooney, Diana Evans and Phoebe Waller-Bridge.’This is an important, timely and disarming novel, thirst-quenching and long overdue: one that will be treasured by « any type of black girl » and hordes of other readers besides.’ – Guardian******LONGLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR FOYLES BOOK OF THE YEARBLACKWELL’S DEBUT NOVEL OF THE YEARNAMED ONE OF THE TIMES, GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY MAIL AND EVENING STANDARD’S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 Revue de presse Hilarious, compelling, painful, enlightening, honest. I loved it. (Dolly Alderton) Queenie is a masterclass in how to write accessible political fiction about race and gender. Funny, relatable, sad, and hopeful; Candice Carty-Williams is a writer to watch. (Christie Watson) Brilliant, timely, funny, heartbreaking (Jojo Moyes) Funny, wise and of the moment, this book and this writer are the ones to watch (Kit de Waal) Queenie has all the things you want in a debut novel – a startlingly fresh voice, characters you fall in love with from the very first page, and a joyous turn of phrase that makes this book almost impossible to put down. In turns hilariously funny and quietly devastating, Queenie is an important, timely story. (Louise O’Neill) Candice Carty-Williams is a fantastic new writer who has written a deliciously funny, characterful, topical and thrilling novel for our times. (Bernardine Evaristo) Adorable, funny, heartbreaking (Nina Stibbe) Queenie is the sort of novel you just can’t stop talking about and want everyone you know to read. Snort your tea out funny one moment and utterly heart-breaking the next … I absolutely loved it (AJ Pearce) Hilarious and off the wall and tender (Nikesh Shukla) Candice gives so generously with her joy, pain and humour … a beautiful and compelling book (Afua Hirsch) Biographie de l’auteur Candice Carty-Williams was born in 1989, the result of an affair between a Jamaican cab driver and a dyslexic Jamaican-Indian receptionist. She is a journalist, screenwriter, and author of the Sunday Times bestselling Queenie, a book described as ‘vital’, ‘disarmingly honest’ and ‘boldly political’. In 2016, Candice created and launched the Guardian and 4th Estate BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) Short Story Prize, the first inclusive initiative of its kind in book publishing. As a journalist she has written for the Guardian, i-D, Vogue International, every iteration of the Sunday Times, BEAT Magazine, Black Ballad and more. She will probably always live in South London. She can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @CandiceC_W.