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On the Battersea Reach of the Thames, a mixed bag of eccentrics live in houseboats. Belonging to neither land nor sea, they belong to one another. There is Maurice, a homosexual prostitute; Richard, a buttoned-up ex-navy man; but most of all there's Nenna, the struggling mother of two wild... read more
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'Are we to gather that Dreadnought is asking us all to do something dishonest?' Richard asked.
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- Penelope Fitzgerald (Author)
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Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 1979
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Publication Date: 1979
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- Dewey: 823.914
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- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › British › Contemporary
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( F ) › Fitzgerald, Penelope
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Women's Fiction › Domestic Life
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Women's Fiction › Mothers & Children
- Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
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