Soul of All Great Designs [Hardcover]

Neil Bissoondath (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2008

For Alec, an independent businessman and classic car aficionado, life has been a series of lies that he has told himself and the people around him. Raised by a stay-at-home mother, and a father who worked on the line at an automotive factory in the Greater Toronto Area, Alec sets himself up as an interior designer. His success, he believes, is due as much to his talents as to the false impression he creates among his clients: he is a fashionable and trendy gay man, well-known in his world. Sumintra, or 'Sue', as she calls herself, does not chafe at her parents' expectations for her, as she lives a separate and secret life. When she meets Alec at a classic car show, their private worlds connect and they fall in love. The trouble for them is that they have public lives that are contrary to their personal hopes and fears. In a short novel that resembles Coetzee's Disgrace in both the elegance of its writing and its emotional impact, Neil Bissoondath has forged the finest novel of his career.

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About the Author

Neil Bissoondath been nominated for a number of prizes including the Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Governor General's Literary Award. He has twice won the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction of the Quebec Writers' Federation. He has a BA in French literature from York University and is currently working as a professor of creative writing at Universite Laval. Neil lives in Quebec City with his wife and daughter.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 232 pages
• Publisher: Cormorant Books (September 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1897151322
• ISBN-13: 978-1897151327
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,981,267 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)