G - a Novel
by Berger, John
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- first
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
John Peter Berger is an English art critic, novelist, painter and author. His unsettling and powerful novel, G , won the Man Booker prize in 1972. The setting is before the First World War in Europe. The protagonist, G., is the rich son of an Italian canned fruit retailer who is a wild Casanova-type lover of women. He gradually comes to a realization after many misadventures. The book has been described as a rich and pleasurable reading experience and will appeal to those interested in the author’s beautiful poetic imagery as well as the intellectual stimulation this novel offers.
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- Bookseller
- John Atkinson Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13993
- Title
- G - a Novel
- Author
- Berger, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld and Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
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