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The Ice Age (Picador) (Paperback)
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Short Description for The Ice AgeA clear-eyed and lyrical story of an unsual love affair and of the dangers of daring to be different
Full description- Publisher: PICADOR
- Published: 07 May 2010
- Format: Paperback 288 pages
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- Categories: Contemporary Fiction
- ISBN 13: 9780330513357 ISBN 10: 0330513354
- Sales rank: 310,197
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Full description for The Ice Age
'We left a tip and the waitress shot us what I suppose was intended to be a look of gratitude. She really only managed a weak glare. I guess that's the countryside for you. People are a little edgy'. A young inquisitive girl hitches a lift with an older charismatic Bohemian man. Neither has a final destination in mind, and so they find themselves drifting aimlessly through middle America; driving, smoking, sharing confidences, looking out for each other, and stopping as and when the mood takes them. Their relationship is pure, simple - and when they do finally have sex, it's she who makes the first move. But this is a strange, stolen time that must come to an end: the girl will grow up; the man's past will catch up with him; and the world outside will not accept their relationship. With shades of Lolita and Morvern Callar, "The Ice Age" is a remarkable first novel, with an exceptional voice that's both seductive and compelling, and which readers will quite simply fall in love with.
