Gaarder, Jostein, 1952-

An unreliable man / Jostein Gaarder ; translated from the Norwegian by Nichola Smalley. - 321 pages ; 21 cm

Translated from the Norwegian. Translation of Dukkeføreren. Oslo : Aschehoug, 2016.

"Jakop is a lonely man. Divorced from his wife, with no friends apart from his constant companion Pelle, he spends his life attending the funerals of people he doesn't know, obscuring his identity in a web of improbable lies. As his addiction spirals out of control, he is forced to reconcile his love of language and stories with the ever more urgent need for human connection."--Provided by publisher.

9781474605823

2022419174

GBB8E6389 bnb

019008432 Uk


Divorced men--Fiction.
Loneliness--Fiction.
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Fiction.
Truthfulness and falsehood--Fiction.
Indo-European languages--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Storytelling--Fiction.
Truthfulness and falsehood.
Indo-European languages.
Divorced people.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Interpersonal relations.
Loneliness.
Storytelling.


Psychological fiction.
Novels.
Fiction.
Psychological fiction.

PT8951.17.A17 / D8513 2018

839.82374 / G11