Human Croquet
by Atkinson, Kate
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385405960
- ISBN 13
- 9780385405966
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Bromsgrove, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Doubleday, 1997 0385405960. First hardback edition. VG/VG. No inscriptions. Not price clipped. 349 pages. 6" by 9.5". "Wonderfully eloquent and forceful. Kate Atkinson goes at the same pace in her second novel as she did in her first. " Penelope Fitzgerald. Once it had been the great forest of Lythe but over the centuries the forest had been destroyed and replaced by streets of trees. The Fairfax family remained, including Vinny (the aunt from hell), Charles, the acne-scarred lost boy and Isobel to whom the story belongs. .
Synopsis
Human Croquet is the second novel of Kate Atkinson. The book covers the experiences of Isobel Fairfax, including her occasional bouts of time-travelling, while setting out the legacy of a 300 year old family curse.
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- Bookseller
- David Edward Hellawell (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1318
- Title
- Human Croquet
- Author
- Atkinson, Kate
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385405960
- ISBN 13
- 9780385405966
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- , 1997
- Keywords
- Novel Humour Croquet History Comedy Tragedy Shakespeare Family Relationships QKP
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