The Best of Adam Sharp by Graeme Simsion
On the cusp of fifty, Adam Sharp has a loyal partner, earns a good income as an IT contractor and is the music-trivia expert at quiz nights. It's the lifestyle he wanted, but something's missing. Two decades ago, on the other side of the world, his part-time piano playing led him into a passionate relationship with Angelina Brown, who'd abandoned law studies to pursue her acting dream. She gave Adam a chance to make it something more than an affair-but he didn't take it. And now he can't shake off his nostalgia for what might have been. Then, out of nowhere, Angelina gets in touch. What does she want? Does Adam dare to live dangerously? How far will he go for a second chance?\n\nReviews\n\n'That these books are as funny and charming and often touching as\nthey are is a tribute to the skill with which they're written.' NPR\n'An extraordinarily clever, funny, and moving book about being\ncomfortable with who you are and what you're good at.' Bill Gates\non The Rosie Project '[A] poignant glimpse into human\nrelationships-what it is to love and to be loved...The Best of Adam\nSharp hits you right in the morals and leaves you thinking-how far\nwould you go for a second chance? Books + Publishing 'Ably proves\nthat the romance genre isn't strictly the domain of women.'\nExecutive Style 'How does Graeme Simsion follow-up his dual\nsmash-hits of The Rosie Project and The Rosie Effect? By penning a\nnovel that is just as funny and poignant, but with a tumultuous\nmoral core...it will resonate long after you've closed the book.'\nPages & Pages Booksellers 'The Best of Adam Sharp is a novel that\nasks important questions, and is as moving as it is entertaining'\nBooklover Book Reviews 'It's terrific to have Simsion back at it\nand this time he's educating readers on all things musical with an\naccompanying playlist to boot. Very clever stuff.' Angus &\nRobertson Bookworld 'Simsion ultimately paints a detailed and\nentertaining portrait of a flawed and wistful man who wants a\nromance to be more than a silly love song.' AU Review 'Graeme\nSimsion's new novel The Best of Adam Sharp is told in his unique\nwriting style with eccentric characters you'll love.' MyGC 'A\nsmart, touching and warm-hearted tale of the power of love, and how\nfar we can go to find it.' MiNDFOOD 'While Simsion's touch is\ndelicate, this is a dark comedy of manners, an adult entertainment\nthat extends the range of his first, more light-hearted book.' Age\n'The Best of Adam Sharp is a book about regret, about not taking\nthe chances that life deals you and how those failures end up\nwearing away at you. It's a hugely romantic tale, and some of it\nquite lovely and moving; some of it is funny and unsettling.' Daily\nReview 'I love Graeme's wit.' Sydney Morning Herald 'A great\nread-romantic, wry and well-written in that blokish David\nNicholls-ish way. And totally rock'n'roll: Bob Dylan and Patti\nSmith fans will love all the references.' Daily Mail 'With very\nreal characters, an engaging plot and plenty of wit, this is a\njoy.' Heat 'Pop-obsessed, highly readable new novel from the\nbestselling author of The Rosie Project.' Mail on Sunday 'Music and\nmemories of first love collide to destabilise a man and his\nmarriage in The Best of Adam Sharp.' Good Housekeeping 'We love The\nRosie Project author Graeme Simsion's The Best of Adam Sharp.'\nFabulous, Sun on Sunday 'A very enjoyable read.' Closer 'Extremely\nentertaining and funny, and very perceptive on various aspects of\nlife...A thoughtful but very funny look at a mid-life crisis.'\nClothes in Books 'What seems like a run-of-the-mill chick-lit tale\nabout "the one that got away" becomes a complicated exploration of\nmarriage, what it means to love someone, and how life gets in the\nway.' Publishers Weekly 'A fun, sweet ride.' Washington Post\n'There's something I really enjoy about Simsion's writing. He's\nable to invoke a warmth or sense of familiarity which reels me in.\nAnd it's not just the tone, but something about his conversational\nfirst person prose that makes us stop and listen.' Debbish
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Published by: The Text Publishing Company: , 2016
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ISBN: 9781925355376 | 1925355373
384 pages.
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