"A small masterpiece" (National Post)-An utterly original first novel from a rising international star

On a cold, rainy night, an aging bachelor named George Ticknor prepares to visit his childhood friend Prescott, now one of the leading intellectual lights of their generation. Reviewing a life of petty humiliations, and his friend's brilliant career, Ticknor sets out for the dinner party-a party at which he'd just as soon never arrive.

Distantly inspired by the real-life friendship between the great historian William Hickling Prescott and his biographer, Ticknor is a witty, fantastical study in resentment. It recalls such modern masterpieces of obsession as Thomas Bernhard's The Loser and Nicholson Baker's The Mezzanine and announces the arrival of a charming and original novelist, one whose stories have already earned her a passionate international following.

"A perceptive act of ventriloquism, [Ticknor] rewards thought and rereading, and offers a finely cadenced voice, intelligence and... moody beauty." -Catherine Bush, The Globe and Mail

"Confoundedly strange [and] fascinating." -Nicholas Dinka, Quill & Quire

• We started tracking this book on February 11, 2012.
• This book was $9.99 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 31 times in the past 4,945 days.
• The current price of this book is $10.90 last checked 5 hours ago.
• This book is at its lowest price in the past six months.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is $5.99.
• The lowest price to date was $3.99 last reached on March 14, 2013.
• This book has been $3.99 one time since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was $12.99 last reached on May 22, 2025.
• This book has been $12.99 one time since we started tracking it.

• Literature & FictionLiterary FictionHistorical
• Literature & FictionHumor & SatireHumor
• Literature & FictionGenre FictionPsychological

• Publication Date: April 4, 2006
• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 132 Pages
• File Size: 445 KB