The Nothing

The Nothing"A punchy, disturbing fable." Alex Clark, The Guardian Waldo, a f ted filmmaker, is confined by old age and ill health to his London apartment. Frail and frustrated, he is cared for by his lovely younger wife, Zee. But when he suspects that Zee is beginning an affair with Eddie, "more than an acquaintance and less than a friend for over thirty years," Waldo is pressed to action: determined to expose the couple, he sets himself first to prove his

"A punchy, disturbing fable."--Alex Clark, The Guardian

Waldo, a f ted filmmaker, is confined by old age and ill health to his London apartment. Frail and frustrated, he is cared for by his lovely younger wife, Zee. But when he suspects that Zee is beginning an affair with Eddie, "more than an acquaintance and less than a friend for over thirty years," Waldo is pressed to action: determined to expose the couple, he sets himself first to prove his suspicions correct -- and then to enact his revenge.

Written with characteristic black humor and with an acute eye for detail, Kureishi's eagerly awaited novella will have his readers dazzled once again by a brilliant mind at work.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 12/03/2019
ISBN: 9780571332021
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.50d