According to Mark

Author(s): Penelope Lively

Fiction

'Any time spent with Penelope Lively is a joy'
Observer

A respected literary biographer, Mark is working on the life of Gilbert Strong - a writer about whom he thinks he knows everything. Happily married, and apparently dedicated to a life of letters, he nevertheless falls in love with Strong's granddaughter Carrie, a vague and unsophisticated young woman more interested in bedding plants than books or passion. As Mark's obsessions develop over a hot, complicated summer, he begins to understand that nothing is ever what it seems; not Gilbert Strong, and certainly not himself.

According to Mark is a witty and moving look at love, literature and the dangers of middle-aged folly.


Product Information

Any time spent with Penelope Lively is a joy Observer

Penelope Lively is a prolific, popular and critically acclaimed author of fiction for both children and adults. She has been shortlisted three times for the Booker Prize, winning once for Moon Tiger in 1987.

General Fields

  • : 9780141196831
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : 0.158
  • : November 2011
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 13mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : February 2012
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Penelope Lively
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : English
  • : 823/.914
  • : 218