A Clue to the Exit

by Edward St. Aubyn

Book Overview

A beautifully modulated novel that shows Edward St. Aubyn at his sparkling best

Charlie Fairburn, successful screenwriter, ex-husband, and absent father, has been given six months to live. He resolves to stake half his fortune on a couple of turns of the roulette wheel and, to his agent's disgust, to write a novel-about death. In the casino he meets his muse. Charlie grows as addicted to writing fiction as she is to gambling.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250046033
• ISBN13: 9781250046031
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Picador USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.2"