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THE ROAD HOME
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| By: |
Rose Tremain |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0099478463 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780099478461 |
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| Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 2008 |
| Pages: |
384 |
| Description: |
Lev is on his way from Eastern Europe to Britain, seeking work. Behind him loom the figures of his dead wife, his beloved young daughter and his outrageous friend Rudi. London holds out the alluring possibility of friendship, sex, money and a new career and, if Lev is lucky, a new sense of belonging... |
| Synopsis: |
Lev is on his way from Eastern Europe to Britain, seeking work. Behind him loom the figures of his dead wife, his beloved young daugher and his outrageous friend Rudi who - dreaming of the wealthy West - lives largely for his battered Chevrolet. Ahead of Lev lies the deep strangeness of the British: their hostile streets, their clannish pubs, their obsession with celebrity. London holds out the alluring possibility of friendship, sex, money and a new career and, if Lev is lucky, a new sense of belonging... |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Vintage |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Good Housekeeping Book Awards: Best Fiction 2008
Winner of Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2008
Short-listed for Galaxy British Book Awards: Borders Author of the Year 2009
Short-listed for Costa Novel Award 2007 |
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Returnable |