Joseph Lewis
Seller Rating: 4
Location: Berkeley, CA
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0007152426 2003 Reprint Edition HarperCollins, Publishers (London, England) Flamingo Trade Paperback; [...]
0007152426 2003 Reprint Edition HarperCollins, Publishers (London, England) Flamingo Trade Paperback; text clean/UNMARKED; color cover mild surface rubbing w/few minor scratches/edges smooth w/minimal corner curling; spine strong + uncreased; NOT x-library; No remainder mark; Not book club; 326 pages + 8 preliminary pgs; 7 chapters; author biography; no color cover art/design info; author's 2nd novel, controversial enough to cost him a job in Parliament; Winner of Somerset Maugham Award; "wholly beguiling, twisting tight its threads of power, betrayal, lust + love"--Michele Roberts; "the really shocking aspect of this book is not the exposure of (House of) Commons mores, but the sense of betrayal that pervades a seemingly normal middle-class family. What begins as a delicate social comedy becomes a tragic dissertation on sibling rivalry + a murder story to boot"--Daniel Britten, Daily Telegraph; very good to gift quality copy of 7-year-old British paperback.
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$25.31
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