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Description edit
George Bowling, the hero of this comic novel, is a middle-aged insurance salesman who lives in an average English suburban row house with a wife and two children. One day, after winning some money from a bet, he goes back to the village where he grew up, to fish for carp in a pool he remembers... read more
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First Sentence edit
THE IDEA came to me the day I got my new false teeth.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 595 of 1272 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Preceded by At Swim-Two-Birds, and followed by Goodbye to Berlin.
Authors & Contributors edit
- George Orwell (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: V. Gollancz, Ltd.
Country: England
Publication Date: 1939
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 285
Publisher: V. Gollancz, Ltd.
Country: England
Publication Date: 1939
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 285
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PZ3.O793 Co PR6029.R8
- Dewey: 823.912
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