Foreign Affairs
by Alison Lurie
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Lurie's novel is the story of two English professors from Corinth University who spend a semester in London. Vinnie Miner is 54 years old, shy, and a scholar of children's literature; Fred Turner is a young, untenured professor. Each of them gets involved in a complicated love affair, as a result of which their views on England, America, love, and sex are forever altered.
Editions of Foreign Affairs
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Harpercollins |
Date 1995 |
Price $1.00 |
 Very Good |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Thorndike Pr |
Date 1985 |
Price $3.91 |
Good |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Random House Inc |
Date 1984 |
Price $1.00 |
Very Good |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Random House Inc |
Date 2006 |
Price $6.50 |
Very Good |
Publisher Notes
Vinnie Miller, a professor of children's literature, and Fred Turner, an assistant professor at the same American university, pursue their separate affairs in London during the same six-month period. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
Media Reviews
"I don't think I'm as cruel as I'm made out to be. 'Foreign Affairs' is my seventh novel, and it's the first time I've ever killed off a single character. The people in my books may be ridiculed, but they don't lose their jobs, get run over by trucks or succumb to fatal diseases. The worst that can happen to them is that some of their illusions are exposed."
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