2002, ISBN: 9780099429630

Vintage. Good. 197mm / 129mm. Paperback. 2002. 290 pages. Cover worn<br>Take a drop of existential angst, mix wi th a group of old friends, stir in the sweet agony of midlife nos ta… More...

Vintage. Good. 197mm / 129mm. Paperback. 2002. 290 pages. Cover worn<br>Take a drop of existential angst, mix wi th a group of old friends, stir in the sweet agony of midlife nos talgia, and you have the recipe for the Thanksgiving dinner from hell - especially when it's narrated in part by a mischievous God who pulls their strings and show us the workings. A group of co smopolitan friends in midlife gather in New England for a Thanksg iving dinner - and are trapped there when it snows. Sean, the Iri sh hard-drinking poet is their host, but hasn't told them he's dy ing of cancer. In fact none of them would be there if they didn't have the kind of dysfunctional lives and problems which prevent them being with their own families. With the exception of the en igmatic outsider, a new young trophy wife, they all know too much about each other, their weak points and failures. Relationships and histories criss-cross; they have little in common except a mu tual past and a search for meaning in the present. And meanwhile they're all at the mercy of fate - both inevitable and surprising , funny and tragic. ., Vintage, 2002, 2.5<