Francine Stock
Autor/a de A Foreign Country
Obres de Francine Stock
Obres associades
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1958-03-14
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- England
UK - Lloc de naixement
- Devon, England, UK
- Llocs de residència
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Australia
England, UK - Educació
- St Catherine's School, Bramley, Surrey, England, UK
Oxford University (Jesus College) - Professions
- journalist
TV and radio presenter
novelist
Chair, Tate Members Council
Membres
Ressenyes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 3
- També de
- 1
- Membres
- 48
- Popularitat
- #325,720
- Valoració
- 2.9
- Ressenyes
- 1
- ISBN
- 10
Francine Stock's first novel reads like a thriller and glitters with acidly observed asides. Nationalism, language and communication in an age of satellite technology are three important themes, and a former Newsnight reporter and presenter, Stock is well placed to explore a fourth: the tricks and vanities of modern-day journalism. Rachel doesn't really know anything about the Second World War, Oliver's interpretation of the conflict he is filming alters with each new development and with hindsight Daphne's work looks sinister. But Stock knows better than to judge her characters and, in this thorough and accomplished first novel, notions of right and wrong are always subject to debate.… (més)