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State of England
Knopf
September 2012
On Sale: August 21, 2012
272 pages
ISBN: 0307958086
EAN: 9780307958082
Kindle: B007EED4OY
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Fiction
A savage, funny, and mysteriously poignant saga by a
renowned author at the height of his powers. Lionel Asbo, a terrifying yet weirdly loyal thug (self-named
after England's notorious Anti-Social Behaviour Order), has
always looked out for his ward and nephew, the orphaned
Desmond Pepperdine. He provides him with fatherly career
advice (always carry a knife, for example) and is determined
they should share the joys of pit bulls (fed with lots of
Tabasco sauce), Internet porn, and all manner of more
serious criminality. Des, on the other hand, desires
nothing more than books to read and a girl to love (and to
protect a family secret that could be the death of him).
But just as he begins to lead a gentler, healthier life, his
uncle—once again in a London prison—wins £140 million in the
lottery and upon his release hires a public relations firm
and begins dating a cannily ambitious topless model and
“poet.” Strangely, however, Lionel's true nature remains
uncompromised while his problems, and therefore also
Desmond's, seem only to multiply.
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