The Bus on Thursday: A Novel by Shirley Barrett (English) Hardcover Book

Description: The Bus on Thursday by Shirley Barrett Bridget Jones meets Twin Peaks in this black comedy about a womans retreat to a remote Australian town and the horrors awaiting her. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Intoxicating Jeff VanderMeer, author of AnnihilationBarretts brilliant second novel plummets headlong into a darkly funny tale Mail on SundayBridget Jones meets Twin Peaks in this black comedy about a womans retreat to a remote Australian town and the horrors awaiting her.It wasnt just the bad breakup that turned Eleanor Melletts life upside down. It was the cancer. And all the demons that came with it.One day she felt a bit of a bump when she was scratching her armpit at work. The next thing she knew, her breast was being removed by an inappropriately attractive doctor, and she was subsequently inundated with cupcakes, besieged by judgy support groups, and the ungrateful recipient of hand-knitted sweaters from her mum.Luckily, Eleanor finds that Talbingo, a remote little town, needs a primary-school teacher. Their Miss Barker upped and vanished in the night, despite being the most caring teacher ever, according to everyone. Unfortunately, Talbingo is a bit creepy. Its not only the communion-wine-swigging priest prone to rants about how cancer is caused by demons. Or the unstable, overly sensitive kids, always going on about Miss Barker and her amazing sticker system. Its living alone in a remote cabin, with no phone service or wifi, wondering why there are so many locks on the front door, and who is knocking on it late at night.Riotously funny, deeply unsettling, and surprisingly poignant, Shirley Barretts The Bus on Thursday is a wicked, weird, wild ride for fans of Maria Semple, Stephen King and Henry Jamess The Turn of the Screw. And when have those three writers ever appeared in the same sentence? Notes A woman retreats to a remote Australian town and faces unexpected horrors there, with a sense of black comedy throughout. Equally reminiscent of Stephen King and of Henry Jamess The Turn Of The Screw. Flap Praise for Rush Oh! Beautiful and brutal, witty and kind, Rush Oh! is a story of great surprises and a beating heart - a book never to forget Markus Zusak, author of The Book Thief Hugely funny and peopled with a cast of characters I came to love like my own friends, Rush Oh! reminded me why I love reading Hannah Kent, author of Burial Rites A memorable, often heart-in-mouth debut Daily Mail A rollicking seaborne ride . . . humorous, imaginative and tender, youll want to race through Rush Oh! to find out what happens Independent Author Biography Shirley Barrett is best known for her work as a screenwriter and director. Shirleys first film, Love Serenadewon the Camera DOr (Best First Feature) at Cannes Film Festival in 1996. The script for her most recent filmSouth Solitary won the Queensland Premiers Prize (script) 2010, the West Australian Premiers Literary Prize (script) 2010, and the West Australian Premiers Prize 2010. RUSH OH! is Shirleys first novel. She lives in Sydney, Australia. Review Bursting with raucous energy, while anchored in seriousness, The Bus on Thursday is an intoxicating horror-humor romp -- Jeff VanderMeer, author of AnnihilationBarretts brilliant second novel plummets headlong into a darkly funny tale * Mail on Sunday *Funny, angry, feminist . . . [Barrett is] a masterly world-builder * New York Times Book Review *[Eleanor] is an entertainingly sardonic companion on this blackly humorous journey into horror * Observer *This quirky tale is thrillingly original and wildly funny. A slippery narrative keeps you guessing whats really going on with a sharply witty narration * Sunday Mirror *[A] bonkers, rather brilliant comedy . . . Savagely funny, The Bus On Thursday takes the nineteenth-century literary conceit of a woman going mad in the face of repressive social expectations and updates it with brio for the twenty-first century * Metro *Shirley Barrett has crafted a quirky, one-of-kind, wild ride of a novel with demons, kangaroos, a missing school teacher, a remote town where things are strangely off-kilter, and wonderfully bizarre cast of characters. The Bus on Thursday is a darkly funny and deeply unsettling novel youll devour in one sitting -- Jennifer McMahonFast, funny and downright weird, but a great read * Woman & Home *A darkly funny story in the company of a riotous, jinxed heroine * Psychologies *Barretts narrative rushes headlong forward in a crazy and exhilarating rush of emotion and plot . . . I fell head over heels for The Bus On Thursday for its plain bonkers plot * Stylist *This quirky tale is thrillingly original and wildly funny * Sunday People *Hilarious . . . This witty, wise and rather demented novel occupies a strange, and possibly unique, space between screwball comedy, murder mystery and magical realism -- Wendy Holden * Daily Mail *Its a hilarious tale, and Eleanor is the perfect anti-heroine. One to brighten gloomy afternoons * Image magazine *Who would have thought horror-humour would be so fun? Its chilling, but so camp and perfectly paced that it works * Elle *It defies convention. I was hooked from the opening pages . . . its laugh-out-loud horrible andperfectly nuts - youll never find anything like it again * Guardian *This is a sharp, twisted, hilarious treasure of a book. Sort of Twin Peaks meets Bad Teacher that had me laughing, wincing and falling in love with the flawed and flawless narrator -- Jess Kidd Review Quote Bursting with raucous energy, while anchored in seriousness, The Bus on Thursday is an intoxicating horror-humor romp Promotional "Headline" Bridget Jones meets Twin Peaks in this black comedy about a womans retreat to a remote Australian town and the horrors awaiting her. Details ISBN0708898793 Author Shirley Barrett Publisher Little, Brown Book Group Year 2018 ISBN-10 0708898793 ISBN-13 9780708898796 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2018-10-18 Media Book Pages 272 Short Title The Bus on Thursday Language English Subtitle A Novel DEWEY 823.92 UK Release Date 2018-10-18 Imprint Fleet Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2018-10-18 NZ Release Date 2018-10-18 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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