Exactly What You Mean: The BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick

HINSHAW Ben

ISBN 10: 0241524717 / ISBN 13: 9780241524718

Published by Viking, 2022

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[Author], [Publisher]. Author: Ben Hinshaw Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 An innovative, tender and unsettling debut novel about unintended consequences that reach around the globe, from Guernsey to London and Europe to the States, exploring what it means to lose our innocence Surrounded by the dramatic beauty of Guernsey, a teenager discovers a secret and finds his betrayal has the power to ruin adult lives. In London, a marriage shot through with infidelity leads to a quest for revenge, resulting in a series of simultaneously comical and catastrophic events. And in California, as wildfires threaten landscapes and lives, a young veteran struggles with the trauma of war, seeking solace at a local ranch. In this extraordinary debut, a cast of characters grapple with unexpected betrayal, the loss of innocence and the lies we tell. With sharp insight, Ben Hinshaw illuminates the unnerving nature of what it means to grow up, to be a teenager playing at adulthood and an adult playing games.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Exactly What You Mean: The BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick
• Publisher: Viking
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241524717
• ISBN 13: 9780241524718
• Binding: Hardback
• Book Type: Hardback

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The BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick


'Sentence by sentence, Ben Hinshaw offers wit, sensitivity and sharp observation. Then slowly the reader sees the grand design - the intricate, braided storylines, sustained with energy and relish. It is entertaining, and something more - truly involving, like a whole novel sequence cleverly condensed' Hilary Mantel

Surrounded by the dramatic beauty of Guernsey, a teenager discovers a secret and finds his betrayal has the power to ruin adult lives. In London, a marriage shot through with infidelity leads to a quest for revenge, resulting in a series of simultaneously comical and catastrophic events. And in California, as wildfires threaten landscapes and lives, a young veteran struggles with the trauma of war, seeking solace at a local ranch.

In this extraordinary debut, a cast of characters grapple with unexpected betrayal, the loss of innocence and the lies we tell. With sharp insight, Ben Hinshaw illuminates the unnerving nature of what it means to grow up, to be a teenager playing at adulthood and an adult playing games.