Impossible Owls
Essays from the Ends of the World
$26.72
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2020
Summary
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
‘Hilarious, nimble, and thoroughly illuminating’ Colson Whitehead, author of The Underground Railroad
‘Recalls the work of John Jeremiah Sullivan and the late David Foster Wallace, with a dash of Janet Malcolm’ Vogue
From its opening journey into remote Alaska for the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, IMPOSSIBLE OWLS leads us on a kaleidoscopic exploration of contemporary reality. Bria…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474607841 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474607845 |
| Author: | Brian Phillips |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2020 |
| Weight: | 247g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 28mm |
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Critics Review
Again and again, IMPOSSIBLE OWLS proves that Brian Phillips is a cultural codebreaker of the highest order, unlocking the hidden systems of our mad world. Hilarious, nimble and thoroughly illuminating
A rich mix of derring-do, insightful analysis and creative non-fiction … funny, sharp, obsessive and very readable - i NEWSPAPERBrian Phillips’s essays are out of this world: big-hearted, exhaustive, unrelentingly curious, and goddamned fun - THE MILLIONSAn absolute blast … I couldn’t get enough of this book: Phillips is the perfect adventure guide ? down for anything, talented enough to translate the experience - BUZZFEEDAbout The Author
Brian Phillips
BRIAN PHILLIPS is a former staff writer for Grantland and former senior writer for MTV News. He has written for The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker and Slate, among other publications, and his work has appeared in Best American Sports Writing and Best American Magazine Writing. He lives in central Pennsylvania. IMPOSSIBLE OWLS is his first book.
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