| Self Help | |
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1st edition |
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| Author(s) | Edward Docx |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Picador |
| Publication date | 2007 |
| Media type | Print & eBook |
| Pages | 320 |
| ISBN | 0-330-43835-2 |
Self Help (published as Pravda in the US) is a novel by English author Edward Docx, published in 2007 by Picador; it won Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize that year and was also long-listed for the Man Booker Prize.[1] The novel has received positive reviews,[2] his description of cities being compared to both Dickens[3] and Dostoevsky.[4]
"Alone in her native St. Petersburg, Maria Glover sends an urgent summons to London and New York. Her son and daughter arrive too late to see her".[5] Their mother's death marks the beginning of the twins search for the truth about her...