Show of Hands
Author(s): Anthony McCarten
A huge crowd gathers around a car yard for the 'Win a new Landrover Discovery' competition -- all you need do is keep your hand on the car the longest. Attracted to this gruelling Darwinian contest are people from every walk of life, who for one reason or another -- avarice, poverty, anger, revenge, despair, loyalty, love -- see their salvation in winning the car. But who will win? Will it be Tom Shrift, using his Mensa brain and general contempt for everyone; or the meter maid Jess Podorowski, who wants the car to fit her daughter's wheelchair; or Matt, the poor little rich boy who wants a real challenge in his life; or Betsy, the girl Matt takes a fancy to; or the pensioner, the street kid, the ex-car thief, the soldier, or the numerous other contestants who line up ? A compelling and funny novel, which is being made into a feature film. First published September 2008
Product Information
Anthony McCarten's debut novel, Spinners (1998) has since been translated into four languages. His collection of short stories, A Modest Apocalypse, was shortlisted in the Heinemann-Reed Fiction Award in 1991. He has published four novels to date and also written numerous stage plays, including co-writing the world-wide success Ladies Night, which won the prestigious Moliere prize, the Meilleure Piece Comique in 2001. McCarten has also adapted another of his plays, Via Satellite, into a feature film, which he directed, and which had its world premiere at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
General Fields
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- : Random House
- : Vintage
- : 0.0
- : 01 September 2008
- : 201mm X 132mm X 19mm
- : New Zealand
- : books
Special Fields
- : Anthony McCarten
- : Paperback
- : 1st Edition
- : 823.2
- : Very Good
- : 280