Mr Chartwell

Mr Chartwell

Rebecca Hunt

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Penguin Random House UK
Año de edición:
2011
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9780141049878
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Mr Chartwell by Rebecca Hunt was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and shortlisted for the Galaxy National Book Awards New Writer of the Year.July 1964. At home in Kent Winston Churchill wakes to a visitor: someone he hasn’t seen for a while a dark mute bulk watching him. It’s Mr Chartwell.In Battersea Esther Hammerhans young vulnerable and alone answers the door to her new lodger. Through the glass she sees a vast silhouette. It’s Mr Chartwell.Mr Chartwell is a large black dog.He is charismatic and dangerously seductive but as their lives are slowly drawn together can Esther and Winston withstand his strange powerful charms and strong hold? For Mr Chartwell’s motives are far darker and deeper than they seem.’Charming funny moving finely crafted and engagingly evocative’ Independent’Charming original rewarding entertaining’ Financial Times’Brilliantly original and thought-provoking. Hunt tackles a serious topic with humour and intelligence’ Sunday ExpressRebecca Hunt graduated from Central Saint Martins College with a first class honours degree in fine art. She lives and works in London. Her first novel Mr Chartwell was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and shortlisted for the Galaxy National Book Awards New Writer of the Year.

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