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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Publication date
July 12, 2007
Pages
200
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781843546573
ISBN-10
1843546574
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.60 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$18.10
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A barber, a chef and a portraitist are held hostage in a sparsely-furnished room, in a grand summer residence perched on a hill overlooking the capital city of a nameless hot country. They have been seized in a bloody coup to depose the President, their boss. In the city streets below them, chaos reigns.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: A president has been overthrown by a military coup in a nameless country in an unspecified era. The presidentâs barber, chef, and portraitist are imprisoned, with many others, in a remote palace in the hills high above the city center. Before the coup, these three men worked with unquestioning loyalty, serving the president in seemingly benign jobs. Now, forced to serve the countryâs new leader, they begin to reconsider their role in the old regime.
In simple, elegant prose Blood Kin alternates between the voices of the barber, the chef, and the portraitist. Later in the book their wives, lovers, and daughters tell their own tales. As the old order falls, so does the veil that hides the truth about these men and womenâs secret passions. No one, it seems, is entirely immune to the many temptations of power.
Ceridwen Doveyâs debut is a welcome addition to the important tradition of allegorical writing about political upheaval and personal guilt. Her clever, magnetic story will resonate with fans of J. M. Coetzee, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez.
In simple, elegant prose Blood Kin alternates between the voices of the barber, the chef, and the portraitist. Later in the book their wives, lovers, and daughters tell their own tales. As the old order falls, so does the veil that hides the truth about these men and womenâs secret passions. No one, it seems, is entirely immune to the many temptations of power.
Ceridwen Doveyâs debut is a welcome addition to the important tradition of allegorical writing about political upheaval and personal guilt. Her clever, magnetic story will resonate with fans of J. M. Coetzee, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez.
Editions
Hardcover
from Viking Pr (February 28, 2008)
9780670018567 | details & prices | 183 pages | 8.75 × 5.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $23.95
About: Rarely does a debut novel attract the sweeping critical acclaim of Ceridwen Dovey's Blood Kin.
About: Rarely does a debut novel attract the sweeping critical acclaim of Ceridwen Dovey's Blood Kin.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Atlantic Books (July 12, 2007)
9781843546573 | details & prices | 200 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $18.10
About: A barber, a chef and a portraitist are held hostage in a sparsely-furnished room, in a grand summer residence perched on a hill overlooking the capital city of a nameless hot country.
About: A barber, a chef and a portraitist are held hostage in a sparsely-furnished room, in a grand summer residence perched on a hill overlooking the capital city of a nameless hot country.
from Atlantic Books (January 1, 2004)
9781843546580 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $13.30
About: Rarely does a debut novel attract the sweeping critical acclaim of Ceridwen Dovey's Blood Kin.
About: Rarely does a debut novel attract the sweeping critical acclaim of Ceridwen Dovey's Blood Kin.
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