Title:
The bee sting / Paul Murray.
ISBN:
9780374600303
Personal Author:
Edition:
First American edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
©2023
Physical Description:
645 pages ; 24 cm
General Note:
"Originally published in 2023 by Hamish Hamilton, Great Britain"--Title page verso.
Awards Note:
Shortlist for the Booker Prize (2023)
Summary:
"The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie's once-lucrative car business is going under--but rather than face the music, he's spending his days in the woods, building an apocalypse-proof bunker with a renegade handyman. His wife Imelda is selling off her jewelry on eBay, while their teenage daughter Cass, formerly top of her class, seems determined to binge-drink her way through her final exams. And twelve-year-old PJ is putting the final touches to his grand plan to run away from home. Where did it all go wrong? A patch of ice on the tarmac, a casual favor to a charming stranger, a bee caught beneath a bridal veil--can a single moment of bad luck change the direction of a life? And if the story has already been written--is there still time to find a happy ending?"-- Provided by publisher.
Geographic Term:
OCLC Number:
on1345216809
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