CATHERINE O FLYNN

Mr Lynch's Holiday is the new comic novel by Catherine O'Flynn, the bestselling and prize-winning author of What Was Lost and The News Where You Are. 'I'm looking forward to seeing you and Laura and getting my first taste of "abroad".' Eamonn Lynch stares at the letter announcing his father's imminent arrival. His first thought: I'll make an excuse, I'll put him off. But it's too late. Laura has left, and Dermot is already here, a fresh arrival from Ireland to southern Spain. Now it's just the two of them, father and son, for two long, hot weeks. Neither knows quite what to make of the other. But as they are swept up in the British expats' ceaseless barbecuing and bickering, they begin to discover the truth about why each left home and about the family past. At the same time they uncover a shocking, unacknowledged secret at the heart of this defiant but beleaguered community. Mr Lynch's Holiday is the moving story of a father and son pushed together in sunny Spain. With warmth and wit it is about the clash of generations; about how families fracture and heal themselves; and about how living "abroad" can be less like a holiday and more like a life sentence. "An awesomely talented writer". (Jonathan Coe). "Delightful ...a rare love story between a father and a son". (Sunday Telegraph). "Subtle, clever and thoroughly enjoyable". (Sunday Mirror). "A remarkable and original writer ...tenderness, warmth, thoughtfulness and comic genius are words that are flung around a lot, but it's more than that. She flinches at nothing and is as sharp as dammit". (Fay Weldon, Observer). "A flow of laugh-aloud satire ...sharp enough to rank her with Mark Haddon and Marina Lewckya". (Independent on Sunday on The News Where You Are). Catherine O'Flynn was born in 1970 and raised in Birmingham, the youngest of six children. Her debut novel, What Was Lost, won the Costa First Novel Award, was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and was longlisted for the Booker and Orange Prizes. Her second novel, The News Where You Are, was shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize and an Edgar Allen Poe Award.

La Kate Meaney té vuit anys i no és una nena com les altres: òrfena i solitària, viu amb una àvia amb qui no s’entén i passa les hores fent de detectiu —amb l’ajuda del seu inseparable mico de peluix

Birmingham, 1984. Kate, dix ans, rêve dêtre détective et passe son temps libre dans le nouveau centre commercial de Green Oaks à observer les gens. Un jour elle disparaît sans laisser de trace. Mais

Birmingham, 1984. Kate, dix ans, rêve dêtre détective et passe son temps libre dans le nouveau centre commercial de Green Oaks à observer les gens. Un jour elle disparaît sans laisser de trace. Mais

Lomaverde devait être le nouvel eldorado espagnol pour tous ceux qui cherchent leur place au soleil. Mais la crise financière est passée par là, et Lomaverde n’est plus qu’une ville fantôme. C’est là

Lomaverde devait être le nouvel eldorado espagnol pour tous ceux qui cherchent leur place au soleil. Mais la crise financière est passée par là, et Lomaverde n’est plus qu’une ville fantôme. C’est là

Catherine OFlynn, author of the Man Booker prize winning What Was Lost offers a funny, moving, acutely observed story about family and loss in The News Where You Are.Frank Allcroft, a regional TV news presenter, has just had a ratings boost. His puns, a website declares, makes him the unfunniest man on Gods Earth. Mortified colleagues wonder how he stands being a public joke.But Frank doesnt mind. As long as Andrea and Mo, his wife and eight-year-old daughter, are happy, who gives a stuff what others think? Besides, Frank has a couple of other matters on his mind.He has taken to investigating the death of Phil, his (actually quite funny) predecessor, killed in a mysterious hit and run six months ago. Also, hes telling Mo about the architect grandfather she never met by taking her to see vanished and soon-to-be-vanished buildings.Because Frank knows that it is between what we see and what we cant, what has gone and whats left behind, that the answers lie. . . Very funny, warm and moving, The New Where You Are is a story of family, friendship and trying to reconnect with the past before it is gone.Under the wisecracking surface . . . surprisingly profoundThe TimesA flow of laugh-out-loud satireIndependent on SundayAwesomely talentedTatlerSeriously uplifting, hilarious. A funny, moving, acutely observed story about family and loss. A pleasurable, satisfying gem of a novelScotland on SundayA blend of Dickens and Alan Bennett. I loved it Fay WeldonA comic geniusDaily Mail Catherine OFlynn was born in 1970 and raised in Birmingham, the youngest of six children. Her parents ran a sweet shop. She worked briefly in journalism, then at a series of shopping centres. She has also been a web editor, a postwoman and a mystery shopper.

Mr Lynchs Holiday is the charming and comic new novel by the bestselling and prize-winning author of What Was Lost and The News Where You Are, Catherine OFlynn.Im looking forward to seeing you and Laura and getting my first taste of "abroad".Eamonn Lynch stares at the letter announcing the imminent arrival of his father, Dermot. His first thought is: Ill make an excuse, Ill put him off. But it is too late. Dermot is already here, in southern Spain, and soon hell discover that Eamonn lives in an unfinished building site; that Lauras left him; and that itll be just the two of them, father and son, for two long, hot weeks.Dermot doesnt entirely recognise his son; how can he stay quite so long in bed? And where is Laura? Eamonn doesnt seem to know quite what to make of his fathers arrival. On the other hand his neighbours - pushy and domineering Roger and Cheryl, smug but disillusioned property developers Becca and Ian - see in Dermot a respite from themselves. Swept up in the British expats ceaseless barbecuing and bickering, both father and son slowly discover the truth about each other and the family past. But at the same time they uncover a shocking, unacknowledged secret at the heart of this defiant but beleaguered community.Mr Lynchs Holiday is a very funny and moving story about the clash of generations; about how families break apart and come together again; about how living "abroad" can feel less like a long holiday and more of a life sentence.An awesomely talented writerJonathan CoeA tenderness and warmth seep through . . . an astute and thoughtful writer, and her warm take on the world is pleasingSunday Times on The News Where You AreDarkly funnyIndependent on Sunday on The News Where You AreA comic genius . . . entertaining and often thoughtfulDaily Mail on The News Where You AreCatherine OFlynn was born in 1970 and raised in Birmingham, the youngest of six children. Her parents ran a sweet shop. She worked briefly in journalism, then at a series of shopping centres. She has also been a web editor, a postwoman and a mystery shopper.

A stolen phone and an unruly dog; a buried lunchbox and an antique childrens book. Unlikely young detectives Lori and Max must dig through layers of lies to solve two mysteries.

Lori wants to be a detective, but so far the most exciting mystery she has solved is the disappearance of her nans specs down the side of the sofa. Max is the new girl at school and Lori is asked to look after her. Max is odd. She doesnt fit in but then, Lori realises, she doesnt really fit in either.When some charity money goes missing and Max disappears, Lori seems to be the only person who doesnt think Max has stolen it and run away. Even the police dont want to investigate and suddenly Lori finds she has a real crime on her hands.

Una novela con historia destinada a convertirse en un éxito. Tras las puertas de cristal del centro comercial Green Oaks, en Birmingham, se esconden los anhelos de cientos de personas. Una noche, un guardia capta a traves de las camaras la imagen de Kate Meaney, una niña solitaria y perspicaz desaparecida hace 20 años. Kate solia deambular por el centro mientras jugaba a ser detective e imaginaba los oscuros secretos de clientes y trabajadores, con la unica compañia de su mono de peluche Mickey. Contiene una intriga detectivesca y una historia de fantasmas, pero es, por encima de todo, una novela sobre la amistad, la infancia y la busqueda de la felicidad. Con incisivo sentido del humor y gran empatia, Catherine OFlynn convierte un centro comercial en un microcosmos que refleja el mundo en que vivimos, o, quizas, en el que estamos atrapados.Novela con historia. Fue rechazada por 20 editoriales y agencias literarias. La autora no cejo en su empeño y finalmente fue publicada por una pequeña editorial, cosechando un gran exito de critica y publico. Ganadora del Costa Award, el Galaxy British Book Award y el Jelf Group Award, y finalista del Booker Prize, el Orange Prize, el Guardian First Book Award, el Commonwealth Writers Prize y el South Bank Literature Award.

Tras las puertas de un centro comercial de Inglaterra se esconden los anhelos de cientos de personas. Una noche, unguarda capta a través de las cámaras a imagen de Kate Meaney, una niña desaparecida veinte años atras mientrasdeambulaba por el centro jugando a ser detective. Una intriga detectivesca y una historia de fantasmas, pero tambien unanovela sobre la amistad y la busqueda de la felicidad.La novela tiene su propia historia. Fue rechazada por veinte editoriales y agencias literarias antes de ser finalmente publicada por una pequeña editorial con gran exito de ventas y criticas.La obra ha recibido numerosos premios, como el Costa Award o el Galaxy British Book y ha sido finalista del Booker Prize o el Commonwealth Writers Prize entre otros.

Frank, presentador de las noticias de la televisión local en Birmingham, es conocido por sus chistes malos y su falta de ambición. En su tiempo libre, cumple con una extraña costumbre: acudir a los entierros, a menudo como unico asistente, de aquellos que mueren solos en la ciudad y que nadie echa de menos durante dias, semanas o incluso meses, pero que son mencionados brevemente en las noticias. Por otro lado, vive obsesionado con la muerte de su predecesor en la television, el glamuroso pero envejecido Mikey Church. Frank quiere resolver el misterio que rodea el atropello de Mikey, en el que el conductor se dio a la fuga. Esta es una novela sobre la amistad, el paso del tiempo y como reinventarse a uno mismo, una novela que se hace las grandes preguntas de manera muy amena, que te hace reir a carcajadas, te conmueve y, ante todo, te levanta el animo.