Bloomsbury, UK, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Book Fourth printing. Size: Large 8vo ( 9 to 11 inches). Item Type: Book. Text body is clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine fine. Scattered foxing to book and dust jacket. ISBN: 074751254X. ISBN/EAN: 9780747512547.. 9780747512547

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The English Patient is a 1992 novel by Sri Lankan-Canadian novelist Michael Ondaatje. The story deals with the gradually revealed histories of a critically burned English man, his Canadian nurse, an Italian thief, and an Indian sapper in the British Army as they live out the end of World War II in an Italian villa. The novel won the Canadian Governor General's Award and the Booker Prize for fiction.

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Bookseller: Shiny Owl Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 49310
Title: The English Patient
Author: Michael Ondaatje
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 074751254X
ISBN 13: 9780747512547
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Place of Publication: UK
Date Published: 1992
Keywords: BZDB157 Fiction; Fiction::General & Literary Fiction; Unbranded ISBN: 074751254X EAN: 9780747512547 Michael Ondaatje The English Patient

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