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Item Details
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THE PEOPLE ON PRIVILEGE HILL
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| By: |
Jane Gardam |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0701177993 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780701177997 |
| Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
1 November, 2007 |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
Contains "Pangbourne"; "Snap"; and other stories. |
| Synopsis: |
Jane Gardam's delightful short stories range from the Lake District to Dorset; from Wimbledon, where an old Victorian mansion has been converted into a home for unmarried mothers, to wartime London, where a hospital is the scene of a job interview in the middle of the Blitz.In "Pangbourne" (not, in this instance, the place, but the name of an ape), a lonely woman allows herself tenderly to fall in love with a gorilla; "Snap" is about a loveless one-night stand - and its ironic punishment. Two of the stories are ghost stories; and fans of Gardam's most recent novel, the bestselling "Old Filth", will be overjoyed to encounter Filth himself and his ancient enemy and sparring partner, Veneering, among the umbrellas at a luncheon party on a soaking wet day. Jane Gardam is a writer at the height of her powers, well-known for her caustic wit, free-wheeling imagination, love of humanity and wicked powers of observation - as well as the hint of the bizarre and the surreal that she brings to her fiction. Her new collection of short stories is a delicious treat. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Chatto & Windus |
| Prizes: |
Runner-up for BBC National Short Story Award 2008. |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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