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This Is Not a Novel
Jennifer Johnston
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Description for This Is Not a Novel
Hardback.
Johnny, an outstanding young swimmer, went missing nearly thirty years ago: drowned, or so everyone except his sister Imogen believes. How could this have happened? Encouraged, pushed even, from a child by his father, Johnny could have made the Olympic team, couldn't he? As Imogen gradually pieces together bits of her family history, we hear the tragic echoes that connect her with the Great War and Ireland in the nineteen-twenties. A compelling, multi-faceted gem of a novel from one of our finest authors.
Johnny, an outstanding young swimmer, went missing nearly thirty years ago: drowned, or so everyone except his sister Imogen believes. How could this have happened? Encouraged, pushed even, from a child by his father, Johnny could have made the Olympic team, couldn't he? As Imogen gradually pieces together bits of her family history, we hear the tragic echoes that connect her with the Great War and Ireland in the nineteen-twenties. A compelling, multi-faceted gem of a novel from one of our finest authors.
Product Details
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747269458
SKU
KOC0003425
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston started to write at the age of 35, and was instantly recognised as a remarkable talent. She has won the Whitbread Prize (The Old Jest), the Evening Standard Best First Novel Award (for The Captains And The Kings), the Yorkshire Post Award, Best Book of the Year (twice, for The Captains And The Kings and How Many Miles ... Read more
Reviews for This Is Not a Novel
Like Jennifer Johnston's previous distinguished fiction, THIS IS NOT A NOVEL packs a whole world and its history into a few spare pages... subtle, moving and beautifully constructed - Peter Parker, The Sunday Times An elegant, elegiac exploration of love, loss, memory, and longing... There is no more careful, sensitive, powerful storyteller helping us to [look freshly at the ... Read more