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Description edit
This is the story of two societies at the point of collapse: an England clinging desperately to the wreckage of its history and Beirut under bombardment. Adam Murray, a young British journalist, returns from assignment in the Middle East to find his old world has disintegrated. Stunned and... read more
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First Sentence edit
It was the summer before that first big summer of weddings because Adam was in London; and not simply in London this first early summer evening but hesitating before the closed front door of a house in Hans Place and quite drunk.
Authors & Contributors edit
- James Buchan (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Country: United States
Publication Date: July 9, 1984
ISBN: 0241113105
Page Count: 224
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Country: United States
Publication Date: July 9, 1984
ISBN: 0241113105
Page Count: 224
Awards edit
- David Higham Prize for Fiction (1984)
- Whitbread Literary Award (1984: First Novel)
- Betty Trask Award (1984, #2)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.914
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