This Party's Got to Stop
2010
First Published
3.87
Average Rating
271
Number of Pages
On a sunny day in July 1964, Thomson returned home from school to discover his mother had died suddenly while playing tennis. 20 years later, Thomson and his brothers are told that their father has died alone in hospital. This text works Thomson's memories into a mosaic that reveals the fragility of family life in graphic detail.
Avg Rating
3.87
Number of Ratings
250
5 STARS
26%
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3 STARS
23%
2 STARS
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1 STARS
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Author
Rupert Thomson
Author · 15 books
Rupert Thomson, (born November 5, 1955) is an English writer. He is the author of thirteen critically acclaimed novels and an award-winning memoir. He has lived in many cities around the world, including Athens, Berlin, New York, Sydney, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, and Rome. In 2010, after several years in Barcelona, he moved back to London. He has contributed to the Financial Times, the Guardian, the London Review of Books, Granta, and the Independent.
