So Many Ways to Begin
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE
David Carter cannot help but wish for more: that his wife Eleanor would be the sparkling girl he once found so irresistible; that his job as a museum curator could live up to the promise it once held; that his daughter’s arrival could have brought him closer to Eleanor. But a few careless words spoken by his mother’s friend have left David restless with the knowledge that his whole life has been constructed around a lie.
”'Extraordinary” - Daily Mail
”'Subtle, clever and affecting” - Independent on Sunday
”'A homage to ordinary people and ordinary things, to the parts of our lives that often go unspoken … moving and honest” - The Times
”'A book about the search for greater meaning in the strange dance of chance” - Independent
”'McGregor’s meticulous syntax melts into a hot flood of words … An intimate tale with penetrating things to say about the wider history of twentieth-century Britain” - Sunday Times
”'An absorbing and unexpectedly uplifting novel … It will leave you thinking long after you have put the book away on the shelf” - Irish Independent
”'A close reading of ordinary lives … tender and oftenbeautifully poetic” - Stephanie Merritt, Observer
”'Both compelling and convincing. A deeply rewarding read, serious and often beautiful” - Good Book Guide
”'McGregor is a brilliant prose stylist, and here he excels atmaking the provincial and the ordinary seem extraordinary” - Sunday Times
”'This is a wonderful novel; low-key but beautifully paced,scattered with extraordinarily intense moments” - Independent on Sunday
‘This is an unforgettable novel' Daily Telegraph -
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