Lewis Percy
by Anita Brookner
ISBN: 0816150745
ISBN-13: 9780816150748
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
In this novel, Lewis Percy, a man who feels most at home in libraries, is torn between his familiar world and the terrifying world of real life, love and relationships.
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"Brookner at her most virtuoso."
-- Kirkus
"May be [Brookner's] most finely wrought novel... A brilliant portrait gallery." -- Anne Tyler
-- Washington Post Book World
"A brilliantly executed novel." -- Philip LoPate
"Brookner's portraits of inner life are unsurpassable-always penetrating and astoundingly on the mark-but she has outdone herself... A dazzling book." -- Louise Bernikow
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Thorndike Pr
Published date: 1991
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.25 pounds
Publisher's Notes
Lewis Percy, a man out of step with the technology, mores, and attitudes of the modern world, heroically sets out to rescue Tissy from her tyrannical mother and stifling home and to make her his wife.
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Lewis Percy (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)
Brookner, Anita
G K Hall & Co. Hardcover. 0816150745 A former library book with the usual identifiers in a protective glossy dust jacket covering. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. 1991 G K Hall & Co Hard Cover . Very Good. 1991. ( more information) Offered by Seashellbooks.com, Inc. (United States)
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Lewis Percy (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)
Anita Brookner
G K Hall & Co. Used - Good. Published: . Hardcover. Dust jacket: Acceptable. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. Minor small bends/tears to edges of dust jacket. Cover has some wear on edges. Some rubbing on cover. Some discoloration/sunfade of cover/spine. ( more information) Offered by Experienced Books LLC (United States)
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Lewis Percy (G.K. Hall Large Print General Series)
Anita Brookner
G K Hall & Co. Used - Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information) Offered by Better World Books (United States)
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Lewis Percy [Large Print]
Brookner, Anita
G K Hall & Co, 1991. Large Print. Hardcover with DJ. Very Good/Very Good, former library with very few markings, cover and text are exceptionally clean and bright, tight binding. Large Print Edition. Lewis Percy is a mild-mannered Londoner whose mother has died and whose marriage is falling apart. Things begin to look really bleak when the library decides to automate, but a deus ex machina saves him by offering a teaching job in Massachusetts. LARGE PRINT::Fiction ISBN: 0816150745. ( more information) Offered by Mihaly's Rare Books (United States)
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