The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 9780099519157 Paperback

Sterne’s utterly original novel – the meandering, maddening ‘autobiography’ of one of literature’s oldest comic characters.Doomed to become the sport of fortune by an interruption at the crucial moment of conception, Tristram Shandys life lurches from one mishap to another: his nose crushed by the doctors forceps during birth, christened with the wrong name, an unfortunate incident involving a slamming sash window Discover the anti-autobiography of the hilarious Tristram Shandy.WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY TOM MCCARTHYTristram Shandyis one of the funniest novels in the English language. It’s also one of the first great experimental literary worksIndependent