The Deconstruction of Professor Thrub by D.D Johnston (English) Paperback Book

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Freewill, love, death, revolution - a student has the themes for his PhD. He pins them to Elsie Stewart and embarks on her biography. Love takes her to the Spanish Civil War while the story hurtles off to Ukrainian twentieth century history.

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Longlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize. A Morning Star 'Radical Book of the Year'.The Deconstruction of Professor Thrubb is a radical trek through twentieth-century history, with a stunning depiction of Ukraine's civil wars. It's also a brazan campus comedy, a medical drama and a cheery ride through the Scottish Highlands.A PhD student tracks the biography of Elsie Stewart from her job as a London maid and to the Spanish Civil War while true love runs far from smooth. His neurotic supervisor, Professor Thrub, is a bewildering mentor with secrets of his own.

Author Biography

Scottish novelist D.D. Johnston writes books that are "Funny as all Hell" (The Sunday Herald), and "determinedly extraordinary" (The Morning Star). His novels are characterised by their ambition, variety, and invention. The consistent theme throughout Johnston's writing is his love for ordinary people, and his faith in the extraordinary things we can achieve together. He is senior lecturer in creative writing at the University of Gloucestershire.

Review

"The Deconstruction of Professor Thrub is like a dopamine-enhanced Porterhouse Blue... a determinedly extraordinary book" - The Morning Star "An ambitious, erudite work with a profound interest in the world as we find it" - Christopher Burns, The Warwick Review

Details ISBN0956336469 Year 2013 ISBN-10 0956336469 ISBN-13 9780956336460 Media Book Format Paperback Pages 344 Publisher Barbican Press Language English DEWEY 823.92 Imprint Barbican Press Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2013-06-28 Edited by Arnout van Delden Birth 1947 Affiliation Lecturer, University of Aberdeen Position Contributor Qualifications M.D Audience General Publication Date 2013-06-13 UK Release Date 2013-06-13 Author D.D Johnston AU Release Date 2013-09-19 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this

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