Oxygen
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It is the summer of 1997. Alec Valentine is returning to England to care for his ailing mother, Alice, a task that only reinforces his deep sense of inadequacy. In San Francisco, his older brother Larry prepares to come home as well, preoccupied with an acting career that is sliding toward sleaze and a marriage that is faltering. In Paris, on the other hand, the Hungarian playwright Lászlo Lázár seems to have it all--critical acclaim, a loving boyfriend, and a close circle of friends--yet even he is haunted by guilt and tragedy. For each of them the time has come to assess the turns taken, the opportunities missed. And for each there will be one last chance to break free from the past and find redemption in a moment of clarity and courage.
Andrew Miller has given us an intimate, compelling meditation that evokes an extraordinary range of emotions and insights--Oxygen lives and breathes beyond the final page.
About this Author
ANDREW MILLER's novel Ingenious Pain won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the International IMPAC Award. He was short-listed for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award for his novel Oxygen .
Reviews
PRAISE FOR OXYGEN
"It grabs your attention to the last page."--Daily Express (UK)
"An admirably restrained piece of writing, tender, funny, witty, profound. Oxygen confirms Miller's exceptional gifts and leaves one gasping for more."
--The Sunday Herald (UK)
PRAISE FOR INGENIOUS PAIN
"Miller's genius is that there is . . . a surprise in nearly every sentence,
and sometimes a miracle, too."--The Boston Globe
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