Wide Open (novel)

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Wide Open
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First edition
Author Nicola Barker
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Faber and Faber
Publication date
1998
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Pages290
ISBN 978-0-0609-33753

Wide Open is the third novel by English author Nicola Barker published in 1998 by Faber and Faber. In 2000 it won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. [1]

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Plot

Set mostly on the Isle of Sheppey on the north coast of Kent on the Thames Estuary. Two men, both called Ronny (one is then renamed to Jim), strike up a strange friendship. Jim invites Ronny to live at his prefab near the beach on the island. They meet an oddball cast of neighbours, including Sara who breeds wild boars, her daughter Lily, Luke a pornographer and part-time nudist, and Carrie an optician who is related to Sara who is investigating an inheritance from her father to Ronny. Then Ronny's brother Nathan arrives as their childhood brings bad memories...

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Preceded by International Dublin Literary Award recipient
2000
Succeeded by