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Item Details
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GUILTY
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| By: |
Anna Kavan |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£12.95 |
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£9.45 |
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£3.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
072061287X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780720612875 |
| Availability: |
Publisher out of stock. This item may be subject to delays or cancellation.
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| Publisher: |
PETER OWEN PUBLISHERS |
| Pub. date: |
1 May, 2007 |
| Pages: |
220 |
| Description: |
Tells the tale of Mark, who grows up in a familiar but not quite recognisable country. When his parents die, he is left in the hands of the unscrupulous Mr Spector, a shady government agent, who sees him through his schooling, employment and even his accommodation. Now, Mark tries to break off with Mr Spector to pursue an engagement with Carla. |
| Synopsis: |
Set in an unspecified but eerily familiar landscape, "Guilty" is, unusually for Kavan, told from a male perspective. The narrator is Mark, who begins the novel as a young boy whose father has just returned from war. In spite of being garlanded as a hero, Mark's father declares himself a pacifist and is immediately reviled in a country still suffering from the divisions of war. When his father is forced into exile, Mark meets Mr. Spector, a shady government agent, who, from then on, is a dominant force in Mark's life, seeing him through his schooling, employment and even his accommodation. When Mark tries to break off with Mr. Spector in order to pursue an engagement with the beautiful but docile Carla, his life begins to unravel. Thwarted at every turn by a Kafakaesque bureaucracy, he begins to fall prey to the machinations and insecurities of his guilt-ridden mind. Drawing on many of Kavan's familiar themes, "Guilty" will a be joy for those who already know Kavan's work and a revelation to those who don't. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Peter Owen Publishers |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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