A clue to the exit: a novel
(Book)
A beautifully modulated novel that shows Edward St. Aubyn at his sparkling best
Charlie Fairburn, successful screenwriter, ex-husband, and absent father, has been given six months to live. He resolves to stake half his fortune on a couple of turns of the roulette wheel and, to his agent's disgust, to write a novel-about death. In the casino he meets his muse. Charlie grows as addicted to writing fiction as she is to gambling.
His novel is set on a train and involves a group of characters (familiar to readers of St. Aubyn's earlier work) who are locked in a debate about the nature of consciousness. As this train gets stuck at Didcot, and Charlie gets more passionately entangled with the dangerous Angelique, A Clue to the Exit comes to its startling climax. Exquisitely crafted, witty, and thoughtful, Edward St. Aubyn's dazzling novel probes the very heart of being.
St. Aubyn, E. (2015). A clue to the exit: a novel. First U.S. edition. New York, Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)St. Aubyn, Edward, 1960-. 2015. A Clue to the Exit: A Novel. New York, Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)St. Aubyn, Edward, 1960-, A Clue to the Exit: A Novel. New York, Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
MLA Citation (style guide)St. Aubyn, Edward. A Clue to the Exit: A Novel. First U.S. edition. New York, Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
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