Mr Phillips, John LanchesterMr Phillips

Translated from the Turkish by Erda M Göknar

Suspicious of Mia and her motives

A silver-tongued poet or a pervert

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Auctioning admission to elite universities

compelling” ( The Washington Post ) story is about the tragic life of one singular brilliant young man

convincing the school to let her take on the job of coach

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to justify his marriage

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and he can somehow look back on a catastrophic breakdown twenty-five years ago as the best thing that happened to him

and philosophies of other countries