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A clue to the exit: a novel
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New York : Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
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185 pages ; 21 cm
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FICTION St. Aubyn, E.
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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.

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Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781250046031, 1250046033
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APA Citation (style guide)

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.

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St. Aubyn, Edward. A Clue to the Exit: A Novel. First U.S. edition. New York, Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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