THE PORTABLE VEBLEN by Elizabeth McKenzie ( 9780008160395 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

THE PORTABLE VEBLEN
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016

By:

Elizabeth McKenzie

Format:

Paperback

List price:

£9.99

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£7.29

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£2.70

ISBN 10:

0008160392

ISBN 13:

9780008160395

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Publisher:

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS

Pub. date:

26 January, 2017

Pages:

448

Description:

A laugh-out-loud love story with big ideas - and squirrelsSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016

Synopsis:

A laugh-out-loud love story with big ideas - and squirrelsSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016Can squirrels speak? Do snails scream?Will a young couple, newly engaged, make it to their wedding day? Will their dysfunctional families ruin everything? Will they be undone by the advances of a very sexy, very unscrupulous heiress to a pharmaceuticals corporation?Is getting married even a remotely reasonable idea in the twenty-first century?And what in the world is a `Veblen' anyway?`Raw and weird and hilarious' Guardian`A touching, wildly funny and peculiarly elegant look at the travails of love of all kinds' Sunday Express`Elizabeth McKenzie is clearly some sort of genius' Paul Murray`I can't remember a book I enjoyed more' Nina Stibbe`Seriously funny and extraordinarily well written' Jonathan Franzen, Guardian books of the year

Publication:

Imprint:

Fourth Estate Ltd

Prizes:

Short-listed for Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2016

Returns:

Returnable

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