All Quiet on the Orient Express

All Quiet on the Orient Express

First edition (UK)
Author Magnus Mills
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre tragi-comedy
Publisher Flamingo (UK)
Arcade (US)
Publication date
1999
Media type Print & ebook
Pages 224
ISBN 0-00-225906-0

All Quiet on the Orient Express is the second novel by Booker shortlisted author Magnus Mills, published in 1999. As with his first novel it is a tragi-comedy with an unnamed narrator dealing with apparently simple but increasingly sinister situations.

Plot introduction

The narrator is spending a few weeks camping in the Lake District before setting out on a motorcycle trip to India. He agrees to help the campsite owner, Tom Parker by performing a simple chore, painting a gate but one thing inexorably leads to another and he finds himself drawn in to a succession of disparate tasks, each more complex and time-consuming and from which there appears to be no escape...

Reception

Publication history

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Film adaptation

According to The New York Times the novel is being adapted into film by Idiotlamp Productions, directed by Jim Field Smith.[6][7]

References

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