The Family Fang

The Family Fang

$12.00 AUD

Availability: in stock at our Melbourne warehouse.

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Kevin Wilson

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 320


`This is the kind of novel you fall in love with: tender-hearted, wonder-filled, a world all its own' Josh Weil, author of New Valley `Great art is difficult' - that's the motto of the family Fang. The family consists of Caleb and Camille Fang (the parents), Annie (Child A) and Buster (Child B). The family Fang create art: performance art, provocations, interventions - call it what you like. And many people certainly don't call it `Art'. But as Annie and Buster grow up, like all children, they find their parents' behaviour an embarrassment. They refuse to take up their roles in these outrageous acts. They escape: Annie becomes an actor, a star in the world of indie filmmaking, and Buster pursues gonzo journalism, constantly on the trail of a good story. But when both their lives start to fall apart, there is nowhere left to go but home. Meanwhile Caleb and Camille have been planning their most ambitious project yet and the children have no choice: like it or not, they will participate in one final performance. The family Fang's magnum opus will determine what is ultimately more important: their family or their art. `The Family Fang is a comedy, a tragedy, and a tour-de-force examination of what it means to make art and survive your family.' Ann Patchett, bestselling author of Bel Canto
SKU: 9781447202387-SECONDHAND
Availability : In Stock Pre order Out of stock
Reviews

Customer Reviews

Be the first to write a review
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
Description
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Kevin Wilson

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 320


`This is the kind of novel you fall in love with: tender-hearted, wonder-filled, a world all its own' Josh Weil, author of New Valley `Great art is difficult' - that's the motto of the family Fang. The family consists of Caleb and Camille Fang (the parents), Annie (Child A) and Buster (Child B). The family Fang create art: performance art, provocations, interventions - call it what you like. And many people certainly don't call it `Art'. But as Annie and Buster grow up, like all children, they find their parents' behaviour an embarrassment. They refuse to take up their roles in these outrageous acts. They escape: Annie becomes an actor, a star in the world of indie filmmaking, and Buster pursues gonzo journalism, constantly on the trail of a good story. But when both their lives start to fall apart, there is nowhere left to go but home. Meanwhile Caleb and Camille have been planning their most ambitious project yet and the children have no choice: like it or not, they will participate in one final performance. The family Fang's magnum opus will determine what is ultimately more important: their family or their art. `The Family Fang is a comedy, a tragedy, and a tour-de-force examination of what it means to make art and survive your family.' Ann Patchett, bestselling author of Bel Canto