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Description for Beloved Stranger
Paperback. * A black but funny examination of marriage Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 122 x 20. Weight in Grams: 374. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
Dick and Lily have been married for fifty years, and Lily finally believes that marriage is like an old tune you take for granted but find yourself whistling when you're happy. Until the night she wakes to find her husband's pyjama'd bottom poking out from under the bed. He claims there's an intruder and he's got him in his sights. When she turns on the light he backs out, holding a shotgun. 'Bugger got away when you created a diversion' he says. The comic incident marks the start of Dick's terrifying plunge into insanity. ... Read more
Dick and Lily have been married for fifty years, and Lily finally believes that marriage is like an old tune you take for granted but find yourself whistling when you're happy. Until the night she wakes to find her husband's pyjama'd bottom poking out from under the bed. He claims there's an intruder and he's got him in his sights. When she turns on the light he backs out, holding a shotgun. 'Bugger got away when you created a diversion' he says. The comic incident marks the start of Dick's terrifying plunge into insanity. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349112633
SKU
KKD0007689
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
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About Clare Boylan
Clare Boylan was the author of five novels and three volumes of short stories. Her last novel, ROOM FOR A SINGLE LADY, was published by Little, Brown in September 1997. She died in May 2006.
Reviews for Beloved Stranger
An unusual and original story, beautifully told.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Terse and truthful...Boylan chips away with forensic delicacy at the accretions of old age to find the quick characters within.
INDEPENDENT
Boylan poignantly captures the weary sense of responsibility of an only daughter and, in Dick and Lily, she brilliantly conveys the messy progress of married life. ... Read more
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Terse and truthful...Boylan chips away with forensic delicacy at the accretions of old age to find the quick characters within.
INDEPENDENT
Boylan poignantly captures the weary sense of responsibility of an only daughter and, in Dick and Lily, she brilliantly conveys the messy progress of married life. ... Read more