Lost for Words (Paperback) by Edward St Aubyn

from CarrieWuj

4.5 Hilarious send-up of the publishing world and in particular the world of literary prizes. The fictional one featured here is the Elysian Prize in Great Britain, which is sponsored by a questionable agricultural chemical company looking for respectability. Carefully satirized is the prize comm...

from Cariola

This was my first experience reading Edward St. Aubyn, and I quite enjoyed the ride. Lost for Words is a send-up of the British literary scene--in particular, the Man Booker Prize and all the hubbub surrounding it. St. Aubyn clearly took his inspiration from the controversy of a few years back, w...

from APopova

Fluff....not up to his usual witty standard..

from nivramkoorb

Edward St.Aubyn is an English writer who just writes terrific prose. He has the way with a phrase. I have previously read the Patrick Melrose novels which are a series of 5 novels that are semi-autobiographical and were excellent. This book is a perfect introduction to St. Aubyn. The book is a sa...

from RandyMetcalfe

The cutthroat world of high literary competition, or middling mendacious merit, is ready fodder for playful mocking and gentle reconsideration. Edward St Aubyn's approach to the vagaries of a panel of literary judges is both light and glancing. Nothing too much can be made of it. The insights, su...