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Title: THE WONDER
By: Diana Evans
Format: Paperback

List price: £7.99


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ISBN 10: 0099479052
ISBN 13: 9780099479055
Publisher: VINTAGE PUBLISHING
Pub. date: 5 August, 2010
Pages: 320
Description: As a child Lucas thought that all children who'd lost their parents lived on water. Now a restless young man still living with his sister Denise on their West London narrowboat, he determines to find out more about the unexplained disappearance of his father, the charismatic Jamaican dancer, Antoney Matheus.
Synopsis: As a child Lucas thought that all children who'd lost their parents lived on water. Now a restless young man still living with his sister Denise on their West London narrowboat, he determines to find out more about the unexplained disappearance of his father, the charismatic Jamaican dancer, Antoney Matheus.Thus unfolds a journey from fifties Kingston to Sixties Notting Hill and the host of unforgettable characters who peopled Antoney's theatrical world, most importantly Carla, Lucas's mother. The result is a haunting family mystery of absence and inheritance, the battle between love and creativity, and what drives a young man to take flight...
Publication: UK
Imprint: Vintage
Returns: Returnable
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