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    Politics: A Novel

    By Adam Thirlwell

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    Politics is about: a) a threesome; b) politics

    Moshe loves Nana. But love can be difficult -- especially if you want to be kind. And Moshe and Nana want to be kind to someone else.

    They want to be kind to their best friend, Anjali.

    Politics explores crucial problems of sexual etiquette. What should the sleeping arrangements be in a ménage-à-trois? Is it polite to read while two people have sex beside you? Is it permissible to be jealous?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061881886
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    Politics: A Novel
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    Adam Thirlwell

    Adam Thirlwell (Londres, 1978) estudió en Oxford. La revista Granta lo incluyó en su lista de «los mejores escritores jóvenes ingleses» tras la lectura en manuscrito, antes de su publicación, de su primera novela, Política, que se hizo acreedora del Premio Betty Trask: «Probablemente uno de los libros del año, es perspicaz y jocoso en una combinación que pocos autores han logrado conjugar con maestría. Un libro que es un placer, con una capacidad de observación que se transforma en risa y que coloca a Thirlwell en la incómoda postura de “muy prometedor”» (Kiko Amat, Rockdelux). En Anagrama también se han publicado La huida: «Una novela en la que el humor es melancólico, lamelancolía maliciosa, y el talento impresionante» (Milan Kundera); Estridente y dulce: «Sigue siendo el enfant terrible de la literatura inglesa y lo demuestra en su última y digresiva novela» (Laura Fernández, El Mundo); El futuro futuro: «Adam Thirlwell es el único inglés en el que aceptaría reencarnarse Milan Kundera» (Andrés Barba); y el ensayo La novela múltiple: «Me atraen las reflexiones de Adam Thirlwell. Me gusta cómo organiza sus comentarios sobre la originalidad» (Enrique Vila-Matas). Sus obras se han traducido a más de treinta idiomas.

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      Little Shit Syndrome is normally diagnosed in small children. Cheeky novelists are apparently also susceptible. Hey man, what if I alternate fucking and theory in my rad new novel? Check this one under bong hits to perspicacity. I nearly cringe when I think about this novel. Politics didn't leave me wanting a shower, I wasn't dirty, only bored and annoyed with Thirwell's waste of tender gifts.
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    • 3/5
      Written at the tender age of 23, Politics went on to be a bestseller, translated into twenty languages and lauded by Granta, GQ, etc etc etc. It is an assured debut, although a slightly juvenile one in parts. Thirlwell has developed a precociously individual style, full of phonetic spellings ('restron', 'therpy', ''snot'), historical references (Hitler, Vaclav Havel, and his idol Milan Kundera), and sensitive explorations of love, sex and relationships - especially sex, which unlike most authors he is very good at. Generally the novel is provocatively graphic but not obscene, and handles the symbolism, thoughts, and innate humour in which sex is steeped very well. Although his faux-naif narrative style is occasionally irritating and overly intrusive, the book picks up to explore the dynamics of a menage-a-trois and love and obligation. Impressive - but a little lightweight.