Isbn: 9780224023832 - think of england (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Think of England This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

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1st edition. Extremely well-preserved copy in a tight binding. Includes compliment slip from the publisher upon issue. Pages yellowing with age. Very neat dust jacket with nice, straight edges & retaining bright colours. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket.…

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Hardback. Zustand: Good. 192 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 187 pages. With settings ranging from smart London offices to remote country houses, fro m Cambridge in the early 1950s to a colony of voluntary artistic exiles in the S outh of Spain, and from Highgate to Jamaica and the USA, this new collection fro m Frederic Raphael is as incisive, original and enjoyable as we would expect fro m the author of Oxbridge Blues and The Glittering Prizes. A young couple abandon the rat-race for a pastoral idyll in 'The People in Euclid', until a disturbing new presence imposes upon their happiness - reminding them of what they escaped from, and inextricably linking his life with theirs. In 'Union Jack Development ', the sad tale of Antonia and Stewart - pieced together from letters and diary fragments left in a drawer - casts a sinister aura over the magical Jamaican hol iday house. After weeks of frantic preparation, the entire village of Torreroja - resplendent with flowers, coloured lights and with proud Mayor Don Antonio to the fore - all wait with rapt anticipation to honour 'the face with saved Spain for God' on 'The Day Franco Came'. We meet extraordinary characters from the wor lds of film, theatre and literature - like Sherman Shapiro, 'The Old Pro', who o ffers a budding screenwriter his first chance to break into Hollywood, but whose own life turns out rather weak in the third act; Jake Nathanson, ebullient on h is heady passage to eminence, and rather less spritely on is ay down in 'Quixote Shmixote'; and Magnis Molyneux, who in 'Seniority' addresses himself to his voc ation - literature - with monastic severity. We see how quickly 'the moment pass es', and how flattery, favours and auld acquaintances can conveniently be forgot ten. Think of England is a stylish, subtle and highly accomplished collection in.…