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The Pickup
by Lisette Lecat; Nadine Gordimer
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A young woman trying to escape her upper-class but stifling life gets involved with the garage mechanic who fixes her car, an Arab who is also an illegal immigrant. The question becomes: who is using whom? Or is this a love story in which no one is using anyone? THE PICKUP was shortlisted for the 2001 Booker Prize and was New York Times Notable Book for 2002.
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9780786238484,
Hardcover,
Thorndike Pr,
2002
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9780374232108,
Hardcover,
Farrar Straus & Giroux,
2001
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9780142001424,
Paperback,
Penguin Group USA,
2002
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9781841973333,
Audio Cassette,
Recorded Books,
2002
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"As ever, the detail of Gordimer's narrative is potent, whether of place, people or conversation....Since her first novel..., Gordimer has been lauded for exposing the iniquities of apartheid and political oppression. The praise is just, but it warps the texture of her work and omits the subtlety which makes her book so compelling. The political situation is integral to most of her novels but not the only factor in the fate of her characters."
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