Umbrella [electronic resource]
Self Will2012
eBook
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2012
For half a century Audrey Death has been in a state of semi-consciousness. Severed from the world of the living after falling victim to Encephalitis lethargica, she has languished in Friern Barnet Mental Hospital. Then, in 1971, maverick psychiatrist Dr Zack Busner arrives.
Audrey's experiences of a bygone Edwardian London: her socialist lover, her involvement with the Suffragists, and her work in a munitions factory during the First World War, alternate with Dr Busner's attempts to bring her back to life with a new and powerful drug. His investigations lead to revelations that are both shocking and tragic, and which will return to haunt him decades later.
Main title:
Umbrella [electronic resource] / Will Self
Author:
Self Will, Author
Work:
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Biography/History:
Will Self is an English novelist, journalist, political commentator and television personality. He is the author of ten novels, five collections of shorter fiction, three novellas, and five collections of non-fiction writing.
Awards:
Man Booker Prize for Fiction Nominee (The Booker Prize Foundation)
ISBN:
9781408837634
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
356899