In Every Face I Meet
By (Author) Justin Cartwright
Hodder & Stoughton
Sceptre
10th April 1996
7th March 1996
2nd edition
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.914
Short-listed for Booker Prize for Fiction 1995
Paperback
240
Width 128mm, Height 196mm, Spine 18mm
160g
Set against the background of Nelson Mandela's release, IN EVERY FACE I MEET is the story of Anthony Northleach, and one intense, comic and horrifying day in his life.
'Glitteringly entertaining.' The Times'A hugely readable, beautifully written, thoughtful book.' Marie Claire'A brilliant and original book ... There can be nothing derivative about a novelist with Justin Cartwright's fresh accuracy of perception, which provides constant small shocks of recognition ... funny as well as bleak, and full of humanity. This is a novel that tackles all the big state-of-the modern-world themes; it is also intensely readable' Sunday TelegraphSet against the background of Nelson Mandela's release, this is the story of Anthony Northleach, and one intense, comic and horrifying day in his life.'Glitteringly entertaining' The Times'A hugely readable, beautifully written, thoughtful book' Marie Claire'A brilliant and original book ... There can be nothing derivative about a novelist with Justin Cartwright's fresh accuracy of perception, which provides constant small shocks of recognition ... intensely readable' Sunday TelegraphGlitteringly entertaining. * The Times *
A hugely readable, beautifully written, thoughtful book. * Marie Claire *
A brilliant and original book ... There can be nothing derivative about a novelist with Justin Cartwright's fresh accuracy of perception, which provides constant small shocks of recognition ... funny as well as bleak, and full of humanity. This is a novel that tackles all the big state-of-the modern-world themes; it is also intensely readable * Sunday Telegraph *
Justin Cartwright was born in South Africa and educated in America and at Oxford University. His novel LEADING THE CHEERS won the Whitbread Book Award for 1998. Justin Cartwright lives in north London with his wife and two sons.