The Nobel Prize-winning author of "Disgrace" delivers an utterly contemporary work of fiction that takes on the world of politics and explores the role of the writer in modern times.An ingenious new work of fiction from the Nobel Prizea winning author of "Disgrace"J . M. Coetzee once again breaks literary ground with "Diary of a Bad Year," a book that is, in the words of its protagonist, aa response to the present in which I find myself.a Aging author Senor C has been commissioned to write a seri..es of essays entitled aStrong Opinions, a of which he has many. After hiring a beautiful young typist named Anya, the two embark on a relationship that will have a profound impact on them botha especially when Alan, Anyaas no-good boyfriend, develops designs on Senor Cas bank account. Told in these three voices simultaneously, Coetzee has created any entirely new way of telling a story, and nothing less than an ainvolving, argumentative, moving novela