The Crash of Hennington

A satirical novel with real emotional depth, from a debut author who will appeal to readers of Peter Carey and Tom Robbins. 'Both funny and subversive!Patrick Ness recreates the world as we know it, infusing it with a charm and whimsy that brings to mind Italo Calvino.' T.C. Boyle Welcome to the seaside metropolis of Hennington, where a mysterious herd of rhinoceros has wandered city streets for so long it's become a civic feature, where the current mayor first met her husband on a nude beach, and where Jon Noth has returned after four decades to reclaim a lost love. Unfortunately for him, that lost love is Cora Larsson, long-time mayor of Hennington, happily (and flexibly) married -- and still not interested!

ISBN	0007292023	Pages	272
ISBN13	9780007292028 (What's this?)	Weight (grammes)	529
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers	Published in	London
Imprint	Flamingo	Previous ISBN	9780007139422
Format	Paperback	Height (mm)	197
Publication date	03 Jun 2008	Width (mm)	130
DEWEY	813.6	Spine width (mm)	25
DEWEY edition	DC22	Academic level	General

'Menages a trois, miracles and thwarted love!This is a very humane and entertaining tale.' Observer 'I can't remember reading a novel in such a compulsive, leave-me-in-peace way since "Tales of the City". Ness weaves sharp dialogue and outrageous plot-weaving with hallucinatory, apocalyptic material worthy of Russell Hoban or Philip Pullman, but the unpredictable result is entirely original. More please!' Patrick Gale 'An ebullient, hectic, surreal satire of an alien yet familiar world.' The Times

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