Book description
Daniel Brennan, approaching the premature end of his life,
retreats to a room in his brother's suburban house. To divert himself
and to entertain Ellen, his carer, he writes the journal that is
Telescope, blurring truth, gossip and fiction in vignettes of his own
life and the lives of those close to him. Above all he focuses on his
siblings: mercurial Celia, whose life as a teacher in Italy seems to
have run aground, and kindly Charlie, the entrepreneur of the family.
Enriched with remarkable observations on topics ranging from tattoos
and Tokyo street fashion to early French photography, Telescope is a
startlingly original and moving book, a glimpse of the world as seen
by a connoisseur of vicarious experience. Jonathan Buckley's first
five novels were published by Fourth Estate; his sixth by Sort of
Books: The Biography of Thomas Lang (1997) Xerxes (1999) Ghost
MacIndoe (2001) Invisible (2004) So He Takes the Dog (2006) Contact (2010)
