Hurdy Gurdy: 'This comic tale will rescue you from lockdown misery.' The Times (Paperback) - Christopher Wilson

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'What the doctor ordered . . . What he doesn't realise is that encountering an illness and understanding it are two quite different things . . .An uproarious and uplifting novel about sickness and health, and how perhaps we're never quite as cutting-edge as we might like to believe.'What the doctor ordered .

'What the doctor ordered . . . a fiercely funny novel.' Sunday Times It is the year of our Lord 1349 and it is the season of the Plague. Brothor Diggory's life is about to change. The sickness is creeping ever closer and the monks of his order must attend to the afflicted. He is about to meet the Plague. What he doesn't realise is that encountering an illness and understanding it are two quite different things . . . An uproarious and uplifting novel about sickness and health, and how perhaps we're never quite as cutting-edge as we might like to believe. 'Ribald yet deeply touching.' Observer 'Therapeutically hilarious.' Telegraph 'Often ingenious and frequently hilarious.' Guardian

About the Author

Christopher Wilson is the author of novels including Gallimauf's Gospel, Baa, Blueglass, Mischief, Fou, The Wurd, The Ballad of Lee Cotton and Nookie. His work has been translated into several languages, adapted for the stage, longlisted for the Booker Prize, and twice shortlisted for the Whitbread Fiction Prize. Wilson completed a published PhD on the psychology of humour at LSE, worked as a research psychologist at UCL, The London Hospital and The Arts Council, and lectured for ten years at Goldsmiths' College, London University. He has taught creative writing in prisons, at university and for The Arvon Foundation.

Contributor:
Christopher Wilson
Imprint:
Faber & Faber
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Release Date:
23 Sep 2021
Number of Pages:
272
Binding:
Paperback / softback
ISBN13:
9780571361953

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