Filter

  • All
  • Book search
  • Author search
  • Genre
  • View More
Liebe am Ende der Welt
Im Warenkorb

Spinners

Published by Diogenes as Liebe am Ende der Welt
Original Title: Spinners
A run-down provincial town at the end of the world. Just before Christmas Eve, sixteen-year-old Delia claims to have seen an alien, but no one believes her. This changes when a dead cow is discovered in a corn circle and when the lovely girl learns she is pregnant although she has not even kissed any of the boys in the town. When the same thing befalls Delia's best friends, Lucinda and Yvonne, not even the priest can explain this miracle. Fascinated by the outrageous happenings, and even more by the three strong-willed girls, three men attempt to unravel the mystery, each in his own way: the priest, Vic the tabloid reporter from Wellington, who needs a scoop to save his career, and the handsome new librarian, Phillip, a quiet, but fiercely intellectual man. A story with a tragic core, told like a whodunnit, whose headstrong heroes – thanks to their courageous and original initiative – overcome their limitations.

General Fiction
368 pages
2011

978-3-257-06764-4

World rights are handled by Diogenes

<
>
»McCarten's ability to evoke the many faces of a small town by juggling simultaneous scenes and multiple subplots is almost Dickensian.«
The New York Times
»Zippy dialogues, fantastically funny characters. Spinners is a fun romp and commentary on our scandal-hungry culture.«
Kirkus Review, New York
»A tragi-comic novel with elements of the detective story, entertaining and as likeable as its own characters are.«
Brigitte, Hamburg
»Strange, tragi-comic and brilliantly told.«
News, Vienna
»McCarten's ability to evoke the many faces of a small town by juggling simultaneous scenes and multiple subplots is almost Dickensian.«
The New York Times
»Zippy dialogues, fantastically funny characters. Spinners is a fun romp and commentary on our scandal-hungry culture.«
Kirkus Review, New York
»A tragi-comic novel with elements of the detective story, entertaining and as likeable as its own characters are.«
Brigitte, Hamburg
»Strange, tragi-comic and brilliantly told.«
News, Vienna
Expand all
Retract