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| Author | David Llewellyn |
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| Publisher | Seren Press |
Publication date | 2006 |
Eleven is a 2006 novel by David Llewellyn and published by Seren Press.
Eleven is written entirely in the form of emails, drawing to a certain extent upon the tradition of epistolary novels. The action of the novel is limited to a single day, between the hours of 9 am and 5 pm.
Niall Griffiths wrote that Eleven "conveys an almost unbearable poignancy".[ citation needed ] Rob Dawson, writing in Gay Times commented that "the characters are a little too stereotypical at times",[ citation needed ] while Nicholas Clee in The Guardian described it as "a funny (and) disturbing view of a disaffected age". [1] Author Ray French voted it one of his "Top Ten Black Comedies" in The Guardian. [2]
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