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Item Details
Title:
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METROLAND
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By: |
Julian Barnes |
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Electronic book text |
List price:
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£9.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
140908874X |
ISBN 13: |
9781409088745 |
Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
Pub. date: |
1 February, 2010 |
Pages: |
240 |
Description: |
Christopher and Toni found in each other the perfect companion for that universal adolescent pastime: smirking at the world as you find it. This title follows Christopher to Paris in time for less evenements of 1968, only to miss it all in a haze of sex, French theatre and first love, leading, to Toni's disappointment, back to Metroland. |
Synopsis: |
A special edition of Julian Barnes's first novel with an introduction from the author and previously unseen archive material.Christopher and Toni found in each other the perfect companion for that universal adolescent pastime: smirking at the world as you find it. In between training as flaneurs and the grind of school, they cast a cynical eye over their various dislikes: parents with their lives of spotless emptiness, Third Division (North) football teams, God, commuters and girls, and the inhabitants of Metroland: the strip of suburban dormitory Christopher calls home. Longing for real life to begin, Christopher makes for Paris in time for les evenements of 1968, only to miss it all in a haze of sex, French theatre and first love. And before long he finds himself drawn inevitably back to Metroland and the very life he was trying to escape...This special edition contains unseen archive material including letters from early fans such as Philip Larkin and Dodie Smith, contemporary reviews, a deleted scene from the original manuscript as well as an introduction from the author. |
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UK |
Imprint: |
Vintage Digital |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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