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Item Details
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THE CENTRE OF THE GREEN
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| By: |
John Bowen |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£9.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0571305148 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780571305148 |
| Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
| Pub. date: |
19 December, 2013 |
| Description: |
Tells a story that centres around the Baker family: the father Justin is a retired Colonel; the mother, Teresa, is over-possessive and refuses to admit that her sons have grown-up; the sons Julian and Charles. |
| Synopsis: |
First published in 1959. The Centre of the Green is John Bowen's third novel. The story centres around the Baker family: the father Justin is a retired Colonel; the mother, Teresa, is over-possessive and refuses to admit that her sons have grown-up; the sons Julian and Charles - one is a married advertising copywriter with a penchant for extra-marital affairs while the other is withdrawn and suicidal, desperately looking for human contact in the vast anonymity of London. It is Julian's involvement with a seventeen-year-old girl that sparks the chain of events that eventually encompasses the whole family. The scene shifts between Devonshire, London and Majorca as each member of the family searches for a resolution to the impasse into which they have drifted and struggle to regain the family ties that they once had. A subtle, intelligent and compassionate novel The Centre of the Green was commended by the Observer for its 'admirable vitality', while the Spectator described it as 'a series of expertly managed shocks'. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Faber Finds |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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