A Very Persistent Illusion

Tyler, L. C.

ISBN 10: 0230713297 / ISBN 13: 9780230713291

Published by Macmillan New Writing, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Very Persistent Illusion
• Publisher: Macmillan New Writing
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230713297
• ISBN 13: 9780230713291
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition 1st Impression
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Inventor of the Sorensen-Birtwistle Revised Scale of Girl-Rage, Chris has a beautiful girlfriend (Virginia), two likeable potential parents-in-law (Hugh and Daphne) and a classic sports car with a leather-covered gear stick. Impending matrimony and the car’s leaking roof seem to be the only clouds on the horizon.

But his apparently comfortable world is turned upside down when Hugh dies suddenly and Daphne (after one Irish Cream too many) reveals some shocking information.

Meanwhile...

In an inn, in the Danube Valley, in the seventeenth century, a certain cantankerous philosopher seems to have some words of guidance for our modern-day hero. We join Virginia and Chris (and René) as they seek to uncover the truth about Hugh, themselves and the meaning of life. A Very Persistent Illusion is a hilarious, hugely inventive and thought-provoking novel about love, madness and reality.

‘Compelling and clever, I really couldn’t put it down. A deceptively light read. I laughed out loud’ - Alison Joseph, author of the Sister Agnes Mysteries

About the Author

L. C. Tyler was born in Essex and educated in Southend and at Oxford University. He has worked in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Sudan, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. He currently lives in Islington with his wife, children and border terrier.