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02675aam a22004214i 4500 001 6E60FCF4F3BF11E48BA79F97DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20200718010928 008 140725t20152014nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2014017753 020 $a 1476779201 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 020 $a 9781476779201 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)883147454 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCF $d IAD $d IH9 $d LG@ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PR6061.U68 $b L37 2015 082 00 $a 823/.914 $2 23 100 1 $a Kureishi, Hanif. 245 14 $a The last word / $c Hanif Kureishi. 250 $a First Scribner hardcover edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Scribner, $c 2015. 300 $a 294 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "Mamoon Azam is an eminent Indian-born writer who has made a career in England--but now, in his early seventies, his reputation is fading, his book sales are nonexistent, and his flamboyant second wife's expensive habits are bleeding him dry. In an attempt to revitalize his career and reputation, Mamoon's publisher commissions Harry, an ambitious young writer, to pen the famous writer's biography. Honored and slightly intimidated, Harry promises himself that he will present an unbiased look at his literary hero--but Mamoon's publisher is after a more naked truth, a salacious tale of the author's life that will generate headlines. Meanwhile, Mamoon is less than cooperative. Vain, breathtakingly cynical, and cruelly manipulative, Mamoon turns out to have a hidden agenda of his own. Harry and Mamoon find themselves in a battle of wills, but which of them will have the last word? The ensuing struggle for dominance raises questions of love and desire, loyalty and betrayal, and the frailties of age versus the recklessness of youth. A poignant and brilliantly entertaining book, THE LAST WORD is a tale of youthful exuberance, as hilarious as it is moving, and is Kureishi's most important work to date"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Authors $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Biographers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Intergenerational relations $v Fiction. 650 7 $a Authors. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00821688 650 7 $a Biographers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00832107 650 7 $a Intergenerational relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00976251 655 7 $a Humorous fiction. $2 gsafd 655 7 $a Satire. $2 gsafd 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423787 941 $a 3 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20210202014628.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171220050806.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20150609013259.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6E60FCF4F3BF11E48BA79F97DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b LG@Initiate Another SILO Locator Search