The Stars' Tennis Balls
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cornerstone
Published:5th Aug '04
£9.99
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A compelling novel of revenge told with wit and skill.
So begins a year-long process of torment and hopelessness, which will destroy his very identity, until almost nothing remains of him but this unquenchable desire for revenge.
'Whatever Stephen Fry does, he has it - that rare, unlearnable quality.
Ned Maddstone has the world at his feet. Handsome, charming, popular and talented, his life is progressing smoothly, effortlessly, happily.
But an unfortunate confrontation with a boy in his school results in a prank that goes badly wrong and suddenly he's incarcerated - without chance of release. So begins a year-long process of torment and hopelessness, which will destroy his very identity, until almost nothing remains of him but this unquenchable desire for revenge.
'Whatever Stephen Fry does, he has it - that rare, unlearnable quality. When he speaks you listen. When he writes, you read' Literary Review
'Keeps you simultaneously gripped and chuckling throughout' Later
A gruesome romp through the canon of human wickedness * The Times *
Fry isn't just a good writer as comedians go - he's a great writer by the standards of any British contemporary... gleaming and wit-fuelled... It keeps you simultaneously gripped and chuckling throughout. * Later *
A Count of Monte Cristo for the dot.com generation... Whatever Stephen Fry does, he has it - that rare, unlearnable quality. When he speaks you listen. When he writes, you read. * Literary Review *
Stylish... written up with zest and humour... a page-turner and full of fun * Spectator *
ISBN: 9780099471554
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 27mm
Weight: 309g
448 pages