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Eccentric Jarvis lives in a crumbling schoolhouse overlooking the tube line, compiling his obsessive history of the Underground. A group of misfits are also drawn towards his strange house: Alice, who has run away from her husband and baby; Tom, the busker who rescues her; truant Jasper who... read more
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Series & Lists edit
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Barbara Vine (Author) - Pseudonym for Ruth Rendell
Other Contributors:
- Ruth Rendell (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking
Country: England
Publication Date: 1991
ISBN: 0670840505
Page Count: 368
Publisher: Viking
Country: England
Publication Date: 1991
ISBN: 0670840505
Page Count: 368
Awards edit
- Gold Dagger (1991)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.914
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