Shopping (novel)

Shopping

First edition
Author Gavin Kramer
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Publisher Fourth Estate (UK)
Soho Press (US)
Publication date
1998 (UK)
2000 (US)
Media type Print
Pages 215
Awards David Higham Prize
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
ISBN 1-85702-807-4

Shopping is the debut novel by British author Gavin Kramer published in 1998 by Fourth Estate, it won the David Higham Prize, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and was short-listed for the Whitbread First Novel Award.[1]

Plot Introduction

Tall, awkward Meadowlark, an English lawyer is determined to make a success of his two-year assignment in Tokyo. He appears dull, infallible and incorruptible; immune to the temptations of the Roppongi nightlife. But then he meets Sachiko, a fashion obsessed teenager who leads him on an expensive buying spree. Eventually Sachiko meets a richer sponsor and Meadowlark falls apart...

Reception

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Publication history

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