Far Cry From Kensington, A
by Spark, Muriel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Book: Very Good/DJ: Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0395476941
- ISBN 13
- 9780395476949
- Seller
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. 1st ptg.. hardcover. Book: Very Good/DJ: Very Good. 8vo.. 189 pp. 5 5/8 x 8 1/2. Blue boards with qtr dark blue cloth, stamped in gold on spine. Mostly gray glossy dj. Slight edgewear to dj; no interior damage or markings noted.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Awning Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72439
- Title
- Far Cry From Kensington, A
- Author
- Spark, Muriel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book: Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- DJ: Very Good
- Edition
- 1st ptg.
- ISBN 10
- 0395476941
- ISBN 13
- 9780395476949
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 8vo.
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