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AS NEAR AS I CAN GET
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| By: |
Paul Ableman, Margaret Drabble |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£14.00 |
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£12.60 |
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£1.40 |
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| ISBN 10: |
057131483X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780571314836 |
| 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: |
20 March, 2014 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| Pages: |
234 |
| Description: |
Features Alan Peebles, a young man struggling to become a poet. Fuelled by drink through these desperate years, this title charts his encounters with women and fellow artists, as he seeks to glimpse a wonder in life barely discernible beneath the routine of every day. It depicts a mid-twentieth century London of offices, pubs and lodgings. |
| Synopsis: |
First published in 1962 As Near as I Can Get was Paul Ableman's follow up to his critically acclaimed debut I Hear Voices. Following Alan Peebles, a young man struggling to become a poet, As Near as I Can depicts a mid-twentieth century London of offices, pubs and lodgings. Fuelled by drink through these desperate years, the narrator charts his encounters with women and fellow artists, as he seeks to glimpse a wonder in life barely discernible beneath the routine of every day. "Paul Ableman's novels were praised for their inventive language, bawdy high spirits, and originality of form by Anthony Burgess, Philip Toynbee, Robert Nye and other friends of the avant-garde. They are witty, original, and full of good humour, and I am delighted Faber Finds are reissuing them." (Margaret Drabble). |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Faber & Faber |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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