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Understanding Of Jenner Ransfield
Imogen De La Bere
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Paperback. Jenner Ransfield fumes out his existence on a Somerset farm, teaching at an Agricultural College, and tyrannizing his family. Enter veterinary scientist Theodora, to study the harvesting of bull semen. Then she meets the urban warrior Fergal and it all goes wrong. Num Pages: 329 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 239. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Jenner Ransfield, a man endowed with a brilliant academic mind, personal magnetism, but no self-control, tormented by demons of Laurentian sexuality and Calvinist upbringing, fumes out his existence on a farm in Somerset, teaching at a lowly Agricultural College, and sporadically tyrannizing his family - his sad, suppressed wife Elspeth, who lives inside a romantic ballad and thinks of Jenner as her demon lover, and his two extraordinary children - May Margaret who carves wonders in wood that no man must see, and Robin who lives to keep the World Wide Web out of the Devil's hands. Into this dark ... Read more
Jenner Ransfield, a man endowed with a brilliant academic mind, personal magnetism, but no self-control, tormented by demons of Laurentian sexuality and Calvinist upbringing, fumes out his existence on a farm in Somerset, teaching at a lowly Agricultural College, and sporadically tyrannizing his family - his sad, suppressed wife Elspeth, who lives inside a romantic ballad and thinks of Jenner as her demon lover, and his two extraordinary children - May Margaret who carves wonders in wood that no man must see, and Robin who lives to keep the World Wide Web out of the Devil's hands. Into this dark ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099289449
SKU
KKD0005155
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Imogen De La Bere
Imogen de la Bere divides her time between England and New Zealand, where she writes on a diverse range of subjects, from theatre, through to opera and rock music, to matters of religion. Her first novel, The Last Deception of Palliser Wentwood, was published in 1999.
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