Luck

‘A joy’ Philippe Sands‘Glorious’ David SpiegelhalterA fascinating, enchanting and personal look at the meaning of luck, and the way in which it has shaped our shared history and continues to inflect our day to day lives.

To answer these questions, David Flusfeder sets out on a quest that will take him across the world and through history. Travelling from Siberia to Versailles, from his father’s life in war-time Poland to Nietzsche on the slopes of Vesuvius, Flusfeder investigates some victors of luck and those who were defeated by it. In following him, we find ourselves confronting who we are and how we might choose to live.

‘Thrilling, intelligent and wilfully unique … I loved it’ James Runcie, author of The Great Passion

‘Ruminative … page-turning’ TLS

‘Fascinating … An eminently enjoyable and engrossing page-turner’ The Jewish Chronicle

Author Biography

David Flusfeder was born November 1960 in New Jersey, and has had his short stories published in numerous anthologies and magazines. His novels to date are A Film by Spencer Ludwig (2010), The Pagan House (2007), The Gift (2003), Morocco (2000), Like Plastic (winner of Encore Award 1997) and Man Kills Woman (1993). He has taught creative writing at Birkbeck College, Morley College, the Arvon Foundation and Pentonville Prison. David Flusfeder is married with two children and lives in London.