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The great Profundo and other stories / Bernard Mac Laverty
by MacLaverty, Bernard
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0224024833
- ISBN 13
- 9780224024839
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About This Item
London : J. Cape, 1987. 1st edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 143 pages; 23 cm. Contents: Words the happy say -- The break -- The drapery man -- More than just the disease -- In the hills above Lugano -- End of season -- The great Profundo -- Remote -- Death of a parish priest -- Some surrender -- Across the street. Subjects: Manners and customs; Fiction. Manners and customs. Short stories, English Irish authors 20th century. Short stories in English, 1945- - Texts. Genre: Fiction. Summary: On the fringes of society, the characters of Bernard Mac Laverty's stories are forced to seek consolation as best they can - a lonely old lady, a retired policeman, a cornet player, a sword-swallower, a parish priest - each in their own way lonely and suffering.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 328642
- Title
- The great Profundo and other stories / Bernard Mac Laverty
- Author
- MacLaverty, Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 0224024833
- ISBN 13
- 9780224024839
- Publisher
- London : J. Cape
- Place of Publication
- London, Uk
- Date Published
- 1987
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