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Penelope Fitzgerald - Bookshop (Flamingo) - 9780006543541 - KAC0002160
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Bookshop (Flamingo)

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Description for Bookshop (Flamingo) Paperback. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 130. Clean copy with minor shelf wear

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop.

Hardborough becomes a battleground. Florence has tried to change the way things have always been done, and as a result, she has to take on not only the people who have made themselves important, but natural and even supernatural forces too. Her fate will strike a chord with anyone who knows that life has treated them ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780006543541
SKU
KAC0002160
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2

About Penelope Fitzgerald
Penelope Fitzgerald was one of the most elegant and distinctive voices in British fiction. Three of her novels, The Bookshop, The Beginning of Spring and The Gate of Angels have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. She won the Prize in 1979 for Offshore. Her last novel, The Blue Flower, was the most admired novel of 1995, chosen no fewer ... Read more

Reviews for Bookshop (Flamingo)
‘Reading a Penelope Fitzgerald novel is like being taken for a ride in a peculiar kind of car. Everything is of top quality – the engine, the coachwork and the interior all fill you with confidence. Then, after a mile or so, someone throws the steering-wheel out of the window.’ Sebastian Faulks ... Read more

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