The Paying Guests
by Sarah Waters
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
SARAH WATERS was born in Wales in 1966 and lives in London. She has a Ph.D. in English Literature and has lectured for the Open University. Waters is the author of five previous novels. Tipping The Velvet won the Betty Trask Award and Affinity won the Somerset Maugham Award and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. Fingersmith was shortlisted for both the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize, and won the CWA Historical Dagger prize before earning Waters three 2003 Author of the Year awards. The Night Watch was shortlisted for both the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize. The Little Stranger was published to rave reviews around the world, was an immediate bestseller in Canada and the UK, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Visit her at www.sarahwaters.com.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1698229729ALK
- Title
- The Paying Guests
- Author
- Sarah Waters
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Virago
- Date Published
- 2014
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