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Item Details
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THE JOY-RIDE AND AFTER
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| By: |
A. L. Barker |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£13.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0571254063 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780571254064 |
| Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
| Pub. date: |
17 September, 2009 |
| Pages: |
280 |
| Description: |
Offers three novellas, linked by certain recurrent characters and by their variations on the themes of loneliness and insecurity. Whether they live in slum tenement or suburban semi-detached, this tile features 'ordinary' people who become alive and phenomenal to us through the force and sympathy of the author's imagination. |
| Synopsis: |
The Joy-Ride and After was A.L. Barker's third collection of shorter pieces, first published in 1963. It offers three novellas, linked by certain recurrent characters and by their variations on the themes of loneliness and insecurity. The first tells of what has led to a young garage-hand 'borrowing' his employer's car, and of the disastrous consequences that ensue. In the second, a betrayed wife loses her memory after an accident, and finds herself on a barge with an old reprobate. The third concerns the tribulations of a canteen manager who has an inscrutable boss and an extravagant wife. Whether they live in slum tenement or suburban semi-detached, these 'ordinary' people become alive and phenomenal to us through the force and sympathy of Barker's imagination. |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Faber Finds |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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