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THE CENTRE OF THE GREEN
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| By: |
John Bowen |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£12.00 |
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£10.80 |
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£1.20 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0571241867 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780571241866 |
| Availability: |
This item will be printed on demand and will usually be dispatched within 10 days.
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| Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
| Pub. date: |
29 May, 2008 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| Pages: |
226 |
| Description: |
Featuring a story about the Baker family: the father Justin is a retired Colonel, the mother, Teresa, is over-possessive and refuses to admit that her sons have grown-up, the sons Julian and Charles, one is a married advertising copywriter with a penchant for extra-marital affairs while the other is withdrawn and suicidal. |
| Synopsis: |
First published in 1959, "The Centre of the Green" is John Bowen's third novel. The story centres around the Baker family: the father Justin is a retired Colonel, the mother, Teresa, is over-possessive and refuses to admit that her sons have grown-up, the sons Julian and Charles, one is a married advertising copywriter with a penchant for extra-marital affairs while the other is withdrawn and suicidal, desperately looking for human contact in the vast anonymity of London.It is Julian's involvement with a seventeen-year-old girl that sparks the chain of events that eventually encompasses the whole family. The scene shifts between Devonshire, London and Majorca as each member of the family searches for a resolution to the impasse into which they have drifted and struggle to regain the family ties that they once had. A subtle, intelligent and compassionate novel, "The Centre of the Green" was commended by the "Observer" for its 'admirable vitality,' while the "Spectator" described it as 'a series of expertly managed shocks'. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Faber & Faber |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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