This consummate portrait of English provincial life, an extremely subtle story, told with all Middleton's artistry and depth of feeling, was joint winner of the Booker Prize in 1974. Edwin Fisher is on holiday at the English seaside -- but this revisiting of childhood haunts is no ordinary holiday. Edwin is seeking to understand the failure of his marriage to Meg, but it turns out that her parents are staying at the same resort -- whether by accident or design -- and are keen to patch up the relationship. As the past and ...
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This consummate portrait of English provincial life, an extremely subtle story, told with all Middleton's artistry and depth of feeling, was joint winner of the Booker Prize in 1974. Edwin Fisher is on holiday at the English seaside -- but this revisiting of childhood haunts is no ordinary holiday. Edwin is seeking to understand the failure of his marriage to Meg, but it turns out that her parents are staying at the same resort -- whether by accident or design -- and are keen to patch up the relationship. As the past and his enigmatic wife loom larger, deeper truths emerge and the perspective shifts in unexpected ways.
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Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 0091199107 2nd impression. blue bds with silver titles to spine, edges rubbed. some creaing along top edge of jacket. small chip to jacket at back top edge, 5mm x 3mm. front and back fly leaves for jacket have darkened, leaving 5mm strip at top and bottom.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition. Fine in price-clipped else fine dustwrapper. One of the scarcest of the Booker Prize winners, this novel shared the award with Nadine Gordimer's *The Conservationist* in 1974. Seldom encountered, especially in this condition.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. One of the scarcest of the Booker Prize winners, this novel shared the award with Nadine Gordimer's *The Conservationist* in 1974. Seldom encountered, especially in this condition.