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Electricity

By Ray Robinson

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| Paperback | 9780330444507

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Lilys epilepsy means she sees the world in terms of anglesyou look at every surface and every corner, imagining your head slamming into it. But what would she be like without her sharp edges? Prickly, spiky, up-front honest and down-to-earth practical, Lily is thirty, and lifes not easy but she getsContinue

Lilys epilepsy means she sees the world in terms of anglesyou look at every surface and every corner, imagining your head slamming into it. But what would she be like without her sharp edges? Prickly, spiky, up-front honest and down-to-earth practical, Lily is thirty, and lifes not easy but she gets by. What choice is there? So shes learned to make do, to make the most of things, to look afterand out forherself. Coping, managing, and surviving, Lily needs no-one and asks for nothing. Just her and her epilepsy: her constant companion. But then her motherwho Lilys not seen for yearsdies, and Lily is drawn back into a world she thought shed long since left behind. At the same time, however, its also somewhere disturbingly unfamiliar: newly reunited with one of her brothers, and hoping to track down the other, Lily is no longer alone. Forced to renegotiate the boundaries of her life, she realizes she has a lot to learnabout relationships, about the past, and about herselfand some difficult decisions ahead of her. Electricity is Lilys story; told in fits and starts, its an edgy, compelling novel and a distinctive debut.

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  • Fits and starts

    Electricity by Ray Robinson 320pp, Picador, £10.99 "If epilepsy does have a face, it looks something like mine: a bit lopsided, scars on the eyebrow and forehead and chin. Leftovers of bruises and black eyes. Inside the mouth: scars and holes where c ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • Electricity

    The working of the mind is one of the key themes of contemporary English fiction, the success of such disparate novels as Ian McEwan's SATURDAY and Mark Haddon's THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME demonstrating a popular appetite for s ... (read full critics)

    bookgroup published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 330 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0330444506
  • ISBN-13: 9780330444507
  • Publisher: Picador USA
  • Pub date: Jan 01, 2006
  • Dimensions: 1355 mm x 903 mm x 258 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: eBook
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