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This is the Life by Joseph O'Neill is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is This is the Life about?
The debut novel from Joseph O'Neill, author of the Man Booker Prize longlisted and Richard & Judy pick, 'Netherland'. James Jones is slipping steadily through life. He has a steady job as a junior partner at a solicitor's firm, a steady girlfriend and a steady mortgage. Nothing much is happening in Jones's life but he really doesn't mind – this is exactly the way he likes it. Michael Donovan, meanwhile, is a star – a world-class international lawyer and advocate – he's everything Jones wanted to be and isn't. Jones was once Donovan's pupil and, for a while, it looked like he too would make his name – but he left that high-powered world behind a long time ago, or so he thought. One day Jones reads in the paper that Donovan has collapsed in court – then, out of the blue, Donovan contacts him; he has a job he needs Jones to work on... Joseph O'Neill's debut is wonderfully clever and comic novel – about ambitions and aspirations and the realities that they inevitably collide with.
Who reads This is the Life?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Joseph O'Neill
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Limited
- Published
- 1991
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780007383726
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.25 / 5 (36 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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