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A House of Air

A House of Air

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A House of Air

by Penelope Fitzgerald

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This book is in very good condition. Cover is clean with no creases or marks. Small crease at the bottom of the spine. Very minor bumping. No inscriptions or price cut

Synopsis

Penelope Fitzgerald was a prolific letter writer. She avoided the phone if she could, never even contemplated the possibility of going online. Her warmth, humour and supreme storytelling abilities found their best forum here. Surprising, wonderfully funny, definitive, this is a major collection of Penelope Fitzgerald's reviews, essays and autobiographical writings. This collection includes pieces on contemporary novelists Giles Foden, Anne Enright, Carol Shields, Rose Tremain, Roddy Doyle; on classic writers Muriel Spark, A. E. Housman, Rose Macaulay, M. R. James, Stevie Smith, Dorothy L. Sayers; on remembering her grandfather E. H. Shepard; on her love of Devon and Spain and William Morris: on writers in their old age; and witty and poignant recollections of her schooldays, her life on a Thames barge, her childhood in Hampstead and the ghost who lived next door but one. This is a fantastically funny book – as much of an entertainment as the Kingsley Amis letters.

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
CBRB413
Title
A House of Air
Author
Penelope Fitzgerald
Book Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Very Good+
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Flamingo
Place of Publication
UK
Date Published
2003
Weight
0.00 lbs

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We are a physical shop in South East London - West Norwood - right next to the train station. A huge selection of first editions is available to look at by dappointment in our basement, including some very rare items. We do not stock much in the way of Antiquarian books

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