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McGlue
  • Published: 3 July 2017
  • ISBN: 9781784706623
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $28.00
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McGlue

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3 July 2017
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Man Booker Shortlisted Ottessa Moshfegh's blistering first novel: 'A wonderwork of virtuoso prose and truths that will make you squirm and concur' Gary Lutz

Discover the blistering first novella from the Booker-shortlisted author of Eileen and My Year of Rest and Relaxation.

They said I've done something wrong?... And they've just left me down here to starve. Haven't had a drop in days more so...

Salem, Massachusetts, 1851: McGlue is in the hold, still too drunk to be sure of his name or situation or orientation – he may have killed a man. That man may have been his best friend. Now, McGlue wants one thing and one thing only: a drink. Because for McGlue, insufferable, terrifying memories accompany sobriety. Asail on the high seas of literary tradition, Ottessa Moshfegh gives us an unforgettable blackguard on a knife-sharp voyage through the fogs of recollection.
  • Published: 3 July 2017
  • ISBN: 9781784706623
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $28.00
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About the author

Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh has written four previous books: McGlue (2014); Eileen, which was awarded the 2016 PEN/Hemingway Award and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize; Homesick for Another World (2017); and My Year of Rest and Relaxation (2018), which was shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize.

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My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Death in Her Hands
Lapvona
Homesick For Another World
Eileen
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