M. J. Hyland is the multi-award-winning and Man Booker-shortlisted author ofCarry Me Down. Her third novel,This Is How, is a psychologically probing and deeply moving account of a perpetual outsider longing to find his niche. When Patrick Oxtoby's fiancée breaks off their engagement, he leaves home and moves to a remote seaside village. In spite of his hopes for a new and better life, Patrick struggles to fit in and make the right impression. Certain that his new friends are conspiring against him, and with his already fragile personality further fractured, he takes a course of action that permanently alters his life.
This Is How
is a mesmerizing and meticulously drawn portrait of a man whose unease in the world leads to his tragic undoing. With breathtaking wisdom and astute insight into the human mind, Hyland's latest is a masterpiece that arouses horror and sympathy in equal measure."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
M. J. HYLAND
was born in London in 1968 to Irish parents and spent her early childhood in Dublin. She studied law and English at the University of Melbourne and worked for several years as a lawyer. Her first novel,How the Light Gets In, was shortlisted for theCommonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book(Eurasia Region) and forThe AgeBook of the Yearin Australia and, in 2004, she was namedYoung Australian Writer of the Year.How the Light Gets Inalso took third place in the2004 Barnes & Noble Discover Awardfor fiction. M. J. Hyland lives in London, England."About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
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