The Party

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Viscerali, e forse pure un po’ morbose, tanto da pensare che l’altro sia il nostro unico faro nella nebbia. Martin, qué estúpido eres-, oigo decir a mi madre. Siempre se te olvida quién está al mando. Siempre te crees que eres mejor de lo que en realidad eres." El titulo original The Party en la edición de Duomo se cambia a El Invitado, que me parece bastante acertado. El invitado en este caso es Martin y su esposa Lucy, que acuden a la fiesta por todo lo alto del cuarenta cumpleaños de Ben Fitzmaurice, el mejor amigo de Martin desde sus tiempos de internado. Sin embargo, en esta fiesta ocurre algo que obligará a los personajes que forman parte de esta historia a revisar todo un pasado de amistad entre Ben y Martin y la autora decide hacerlo bajo varios puntos de vista paralelos y diferentes: el punto de vista de Martin revisando su pasado desde que conoce a Ben, los diarios de Lucy Gilmour, la esposa de Martin, el interrogatorio a Martin en la comisaria de policia y finalmente la fiesta en si que es donde reside de alguna forma la culminación de todo. La clave de la historia es Martin, que es el invitado y para entender esta fiesta, hay que conocer antes, de dónde viene Martin. It’s the second time in Martin’s adult life that he’s been interviewed by the police. On both occasions, it was because of his friend Ben. WHY? From 2007 until 2016, Day was a feature writer for The Observer, gaining a commendation in the "Feature Writer of the Year (Broadsheet") category at the 2012 Press Awards. [4] Podcast [ edit ]

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Day's shrewd eye and authorial tone provide a gleeful, edgy wit.... [a] smart, irresistible romp."- New York Times Book ReviewSociety of Authors' Awards | The Society of Authors". www.societyofauthors.org. 8 May 2020 . Retrieved 20 February 2021.

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Her debut novel Scissors, Paper, Stone won a Betty Trask Award. Her follow-up, Home Fires was an Observer Book of the Year. Her third, Paradise City was named one of the best novels of 2015 in the Observer, Paste Magazine and the Evening Standard, and was People magazine’s Book of the Week. The staff at The Pig could not have been nicer or more accommodating – by the end of the day, they truly felt like family. Justin’s middle son, Dan, gave an incredible best man’s speech and then we sat down to watch the film made by our friends and family. More tears ensued. After graduating, Day initially intended to obtain a master's degree in journalism, but was instead offered a job for the Evening Standard on the Londoner's Diary feature by Max Hastings. [2] Day remained at the Standard for a year before joining The Sunday Telegraph as a news reporter, initially on a three-month trial. While working for the Telegraph, Day won the Young Journalist of the Year Award at the 2004 British Press Awards. [3] After leaving the Telegraph, Day wrote features for Elle and The Mail on Sunday. [1] Hoy día todo el mundo es tan egocéntrico. (...) No hay límites. Todo ese ruido que se cuela en los silencios ocasionales; toda esa actividad frenética e incesante que llena cualquier espacio disponible con un torrente de tonterías. Estado. Favorito. Tuit. Filtro. Pantalla. Me gusta. Actualización. Feed. Feed. Feed. El mundo reducido a destellos de atención del tamaño de un bit que responden al denominador común más bajo."I was in hospital over the weekend. When I was discharged, it felt as though I were viewing the world through the bottom of an emptied pint glass. The horizon was distorted. Noises were muted. My marriage started to disintegrate. Seeing babies being pushed along the street in buggies caused me a stab of psychic pain.