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Lewis Percy
Anita Brookner
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Description for Lewis Percy
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 196.
'The future is not always a whole new ball game. There tends to be unfinished business. One trails all sorts of things around with one, things that simply won't be got rid of.' Destined to be a haunter of libraries, Lewis's cautious progress through life reveals to him only his own shortcomings. Estranged from his wife and daughter, he searches for an alternative. This novel presents the life and aspirations of one man who remains out of step with his times.
'The future is not always a whole new ball game. There tends to be unfinished business. One trails all sorts of things around with one, things that simply won't be got rid of.' Destined to be a haunter of libraries, Lewis's cautious progress through life reveals to him only his own shortcomings. Estranged from his wife and daughter, he searches for an alternative. This novel presents the life and aspirations of one man who remains out of step with his times.
Product Details
Publisher
Fig Tree
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
195 g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241977798
SKU
V9780241977798
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About Anita Brookner
Anita Brookner was born in south London in 1928, the daughter of a Polish immigrant family. She trained as an art historian, and worked at the Courtauld Institute of Art until her retirement in 1988. She published her first novel, A Start in Life, in 1981 and her twenty-fourth, Strangers, in 2009. Hotel du Lac won the 1984 Booker Prize. ... Read more
Reviews for Lewis Percy
Elegant, nuanced; at times almost Jamesian in its convolution and subtlety.
L.A. Times
'A searching study of innocence, and the limitations of innocence.'
London Review of Books
How can anything be so funny and so sad both at once? Every sentence is an object lesson in compression and wit.
Tessa Hadley on 'A Start in ... Read more
L.A. Times
'A searching study of innocence, and the limitations of innocence.'
London Review of Books
How can anything be so funny and so sad both at once? Every sentence is an object lesson in compression and wit.
Tessa Hadley on 'A Start in ... Read more