Rupert Everett is one of my favourite writers He s brilliantly witty acutely perceptive and highly sensitive and his writing is incredibly good His stories are both moving and tender often outrageous and funny too A gifted storyteller Santa Montefiore Eight stories of love and loss drama and glamour hope and rejection from a writer at the height of his powers In Rupert Everett s first glorious collection of stories he takes us on an exhilarating journey with a cast of extraordinary characters A blackly humorous story of a chaotic and emotional funeral in Paris Oscar Wilde s last night in Paris vividly evocative unflinching and elegiac A Russian American countess who confronts sex and age in a Wiltshire teashop The ferociously unforgiving life of an L A talent agency and the unexpected twist that launches a completely different kind of career The deathbed confession of a woman who left home for 1850s India never to return A story of emigration love and grief And a beautifully evocative and touching portrayal of Proust s creative life and his childhood A brilliantly witty funny and tender collection of stories that draws on the wealth of film and TV ideas Rupert Everett has created over the course of his career The American No will delig
Como digno heredero de la tradición cultural británica, Rupert Everett ha mamado la ironía en grado supremo. Ese sentido del humor, por muchos caracterizado como negro, es la principal fuente que mana a lo largo de este fascinante libro. Las distintas sexualidades, los diferentes modos de enfrentarse a la vida son tratados con maestria a traves de una galeria de personajes que impresionan por los reales y hechizan por lo frivolos. Rupert ha conocido todo tipo de etapas en su carrera: tras un inicio mas que promotedor padecio el ostracismo por su honestidad ante su circunstancia de ser gay. Hace apenas un par de años fue recuperado gracias a la gran pantalla. Un motivo de alegria para todos los que le queremos y admiramos. Ahora, por fin, Odisea Editorial nos trae esta su primera novela con la que disfrutaran propios y extraños sin excepcion. Una obra que supone un reconocimiento mas de lo que, en realidad, nunca se le ha perdonado a Everett: su enorme talento.
Full of kindness even tenderness He is a brilliant writer opulently gossipy as few are these days but also truthful witty wise and stoical Rachel Cooke Observer Everett is a brilliant writer funny waspish warm and seductive Camilla Long The Times An eccentric and exquisite new collection of stories Tatler Richly imagined and extraordinarily affecting Everett is a terrific storyteller Hadley Freeman Sunday Times Eight stories of love and loss drama and glamour hope and rejection from a writer at the height of his powers In Rupert Everett s first glorious collection of stories he takes us on an exhilarating journey with a cast of extraordinary characters A blackly humorous story of a chaotic and emotional funeral in Paris Oscar Wilde s last night in Paris vividly evocative unflinching and elegiac A middle aged American Russian countess who confronts sex and age in a Wiltshire teashop The ferociously unforgiving life of an L A talent agency and the unexpected twist that launches a completely different kind of career The deathbed confession of a woman who left home for 1850s India never to return A story of emigration love and grief And a beautifully evocative touching and witty portrayal of Proust s creative life and h