Politics

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Politics tells the story of a father and daughter. It also tells the story of a m-nage - trois. Politics explores crucial domestic problems of sexual etiquette. What should sleeping arrangements be in a menage - trois Is it polite to read while two people have sex beside you Is it permissible to be jealous If you have eczema, may you complain that undinism can be painful Politics is a comedy about kindness. And, at the same time, it is also about Milan Kundera, blow jobs, Chairman Mao's personal hygiene, V-clav Havel, half-Jewishness, Bollywood, shopping, Hitler's sexual fetish, selfishness, Osip Mandelstam, premature ejaculation, the late Queen Mother, thrush, Stalin on the phone, politeness, pink fluffy handcuffs, and Antonio Gramsci's theory of hegemony. Politics is not about politics. --'One of the funniest, most stylish and utterly original debuts in recent years' The Times --'The year's most controversial debut novel-A unique achievement-A naturally gifted writer' Observer--'Thirlwell brings the clarity of an essayist such as Montaigne and the deadpan humour of Buster Keaton. He does the Granta list proud' The Times --'Politics has a flexibility and muscle that elevates [

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Extremely accomplished...very sophisticated -- A S Byatt * Guardian *
One of the funniest, most stylish and utterly original debuts in years * The Times *
This is a clever book. Fantastically clever...funny and strangely insightful... A genuinely original book * Daily Mail *
Dazzling...clever, funny and original -- India Knight * Observer *
Allusive, barbed, cocky, flamboyant, reckless, obscene and very funny * Time Out *

Author Bio

Adam Thirlwell is the author of two novels, Politics and The Escape; a novella, Kapow!; and a project including an essay-book - which won a Somerset Maugham Award - and a compendium of translations edited for McSweeney's. His work is translated into thirty languages. He has twice been selected as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists.