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Undue Influence: A Novel
by Brookner, Anita
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 037550334X
- ISBN 13
- 9780375503344
- Seller
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About This Item
USA: Random House Inc, 2000. First US Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First U. S. Printing. Hardcover in Fine Condition with a Near Fine Jacket. Bound in Fine grey half cloth, gilt titled, with lighter grey boards, very clean and unmarked; tight, solid and square. Rough cut. Internals Fine. Jacket is Near Fine with shelf rubbing to back side. A story of a girl living a restricted life in London under the watchful eye of her mother; she re-examines her life after the death of her mother and her hum drum life becomes an 'engrossing adventure'. Literary critics have called her "one of the finest novelists of her generation". 231 pages. 8.6 x 6 inches. 2000, Random House, New York, New yORK, USA
Synopsis
Enigmatic Claire is 30 and lives alone. When she meets Martin Gibson, a faded scholar, she becomes inordinately interested. She is even more interested when she meets his wife, a far more spectacular personality. But the unexpected news of this woman's death releases emotions that were not entirely foreseen.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013620
- Title
- Undue Influence: A Novel
- Author
- Brookner, Anita
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition
- ISBN 10
- 037550334X
- ISBN 13
- 9780375503344
- Publisher
- Random House Inc
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- LITERATURE, ENGLISH ORDINARY LIVES PSYCHOLOGICAL NOVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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