Tell

By Jonathan Buckley

Book Overview

A novel of intense, flickering intelligence, Tell is structured as a series of interviews with a woman who worked as a gardener for a wealthy businessman and art collector who has mysteriously disappeared, and may or may not have committed suicide. What might be a gloomy subject is instead alluring, lit from within by a lively deep knowledge of human nature: Buckley's eye for motivations brings to mind a Thomas Hardy for our atomized 21st-century. A thrilling novel of strange, intoxicating immediacy, Tell carries the pleasures of exciting new gossip enjoyed with a rare old cognac by a crackling fire.

Calling his work "captivating," John Banville has asked: "Why isn't Jonathan Buckley better known?"

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811237915
• ISBN13: 9780811237918
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 8.0"