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Item Details
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THE GREAT PROFUNDO AND OTHER STORIES
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| By: |
Bernard MacLaverty |
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Paperback |
| List price:
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£6.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0099773716 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780099773719 |
| Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
3 July, 1997 |
| Pages: |
144 |
| Description: |
A lonely old lady resorts to posting a monthly letter to herself; a retired policeman and a cornet-player, captivated by a young flautist, seeks oblivion in drink. In a shabby world, some simply suffer unseen: a sword-swallower, once immortalised by Matisse, sustains a fatal wound before an unheeding, drunken audience. |
| Synopsis: |
On the fringes of society, the characters of Bernard MacLaverty's stories are forced to seek consolation as best they can. A lonely old lady resorts to posting a monthly letter to herself; a retired policeman and a cornet-player, captivated by a young flautist, seeks oblivion in drink. In a shabby world, some simply suffer unseen: a sword-swallower, once immortalised by Matisse, sustains a fatal wound before an unheeding, drunken audience; a parish priest slips into death in the cold solitude of his church. Others find unexpected forms of expression: a young boy sheds the shame of his psoriasis through friendship with an eccentric duchess, and a poem provides a tenuous link between two inarticulate strangers. Long-term relationships can lead to a new understanding: a famous architect and his son becomes aware of a bond of mutual affection despite the gult between them in attitudes and values. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Vintage |
| Prizes: |
Winner of McVities Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year 1988 |
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Returnable |
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