
The Society of Others
(2004)A novel by
William Nicholson
| "Extraordinary, a sort of wild combination of Kafka and THE CATCHER IN THE RYE ... The reader will not escape unchanged." Jill Paton Walsh |
| "A novel I would dearly love to have written... Exciting, funny, wise, and beautifully written... Nicholson has to my mind established himself with this first work of adult fiction as one of the best novelists around." Piers Paul Read |
He has nowhere to go. So he goes there. The narrator of THE SOCIETY OF OTHERS is an alienated young man who sees no meaning in life. He doesn't even see the point of getting out of bed in the morning. To get his family off his back, he embarks on an aimless hitchhiking adventure around Europe. But his journey soon turns into an orgy of violence. With all the pace and thrust of a thriller, THE SOCIETY OF OTHERS is also a moral fable, bursting with art, poetry, music and ideas. A journey. Just not the usual kind. I'm not a bad person. I'm a bad person. I didn't mean to kill the man in the reading room. I did mean to kill the man in the reading room. What happened afterwards wasn't my fault, don't blame me. It was my fault. Blame me. He has nowhere to go. So he goes there. It's a journey. Just not the usual kind.
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Hardback Editions
January 2005 : Hardback
| Title: The Society of Others Author(s): William Nicholson ISBN: 0-385-51327-5 / 978-0-385-51327-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Nan A. Talese Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2005 : Hardback
| Title: The Society of Others Author(s): William Nicholson ISBN: 0-385-66084-7 / 978-0-385-66084-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Doubleday Canada Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
2004 : Hardback
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2004 : Hardback
| Title: The Society of Others Author(s): William Nicholson ISBN: 0-385-60682-6 / 9781845057046 (USA edition) Publisher: Doubleday Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback Editions
January 2006 : Paperback
| Title: The Society of Others Author(s): William Nicholson ISBN: 0-385-66085-5 / 978-0-385-66085-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Anchor Canada Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2006 : Paperback
| Title: The Society of Others: A Novel Author(s): William Nicholson ISBN: 1-4000-7821-0 / 978-1-4000-7821-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Anchor Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2005 : Paperback
| Title: The Society of Others Author(s): William Nicholson ISBN: 0-552-77202-X / 978-0-552-77202-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Black Swan Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Audio Editions
January 2005 : Audio CD
| Title: The Society of Others Author(s): William Nicholson ISBN: 1-4193-2678-3 / 978-1-4193-2678-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Recorded Books Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
2004 : Audio Cassette
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December 2007 : Kindle edition
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