A FAR CRY FROM KENSINGTON
by Spark, Muriel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0395476941
- ISBN 13
- 9780395476949
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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Synopsis
A Far Cry From Kensington is a novel by Scottish author Muriel Spark published in 1988. It is narrated by Agnes Hawkins; a young war-widow lodging in a rooming house in South Kensington and working as an editor at a struggling publishing house. The story centres on Wanda, a highly strung Polish dressmaker who is on the receiving end of various threatening letters and on Hector Bartlett who appears to be stalking Agnes and through whom she loses her job.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1051
- Title
- A FAR CRY FROM KENSINGTON
- Author
- Spark, Muriel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0395476941
- ISBN 13
- 9780395476949
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- LITERATURE FICTION GENERAL ENGLAND KENSINGTON LONDON LITERARY WORKS
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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