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Maxwell Sim seems to have hit rock bottom: separated from his wife and daughter, estranged from his father, and with no one to confide in even though he has 74 friends on Facebook. He's not even sure whether he's got a job until suddenly a strange business proposition comes his way which involves a long journey to the Shetland Isles - and a voyage into his family's past which throws up some surprising revelations.A story for our times, Maxwell finds himself at sea in the modern world, surrounded by social networks but unable to relate properly to anyone.
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The Terrible Privacy Of Maxwell Sim. Die ungeheuerliche Einsamkeit des Maxwell Sim, englische Ausgabe, Jonathan Coe
- Language
- Released
- 2014
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- The Terrible Privacy Of Maxwell Sim. Die ungeheuerliche Einsamkeit des Maxwell Sim, englische Ausgabe
- Subtitle
- A heart-breaking and hilarious novel about one man’s midlife unravelling
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jonathan Coe
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Released
- 2014
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN10
- 0241967775
- ISBN13
- 9780241967775
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Humor, Love, Family, Contemporary Fiction, Relationships, LGBTQ+, Stories, Holidays, British Literature, England, Life, Comedies, Marriage, New York, Fear, Australia, Satire, Loneliness, Depression, Present, Breakup, separation, Father, Divorce, Quirky, Capital
- Description
- Maxwell Sim seems to have hit rock bottom: separated from his wife and daughter, estranged from his father, and with no one to confide in even though he has 74 friends on Facebook. He's not even sure whether he's got a job until suddenly a strange business proposition comes his way which involves a long journey to the Shetland Isles - and a voyage into his family's past which throws up some surprising revelations.A story for our times, Maxwell finds himself at sea in the modern world, surrounded by social networks but unable to relate properly to anyone.