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A Whistling Woman
A S Byatt
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Description for A Whistling Woman
Paperback. While Frederica - the spirited heroine of "The Virgin in the Garden", "Still Life" and "Babel Tower" - falls almost by accident into a career in television in London, tumultuous events in her home county of Yorkshire threaten to change her life, and those of the people she loves. This work depicts the clashing forces in English life. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 404.
It is 1968 and Frederica Potter is surprised to find herself embarking on a new career in television. While she endeavours to navigate this fast-paced and occasionally bewildering industry, her lover John takes up a post working with a pair of unusual scientists. Yet in Frederica’s home county of Yorkshire, tumultuous events are unfolding. Soon her future, and that of the people closest to her, begins to look rather different.
THE FOURTH FREDERICA POTTER NOVEL
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099443391
SKU
V9780099443391
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About A S Byatt
A.S. Byatt (1936-2023) was a novelist, short-story writer and critic of international renown. Her novels include Possession (winner of the Booker Prize 1990), the Frederica Quartet and The Children’s Book, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction. She was appointed CBE in 1990 and DBE in 1999, and was awarded ... Read more
Reviews for A Whistling Woman
Full of new energy and a sense of new directions... The plot has a driving ferocity, the huge and extraordinary cast marshaled with exceptional dexterity
Spectator
In this concluding installment [of her quartet of novels], Byatt blends her own excitement at 'intellectual curiosity of any kind' with a lucid narrative and gripping plot... I suspect her fans will ... Read more
Spectator
In this concluding installment [of her quartet of novels], Byatt blends her own excitement at 'intellectual curiosity of any kind' with a lucid narrative and gripping plot... I suspect her fans will ... Read more