Idea of Perfection
Kate Grenville
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Description for Idea of Perfection
Paperback. By the winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2001, this is a witty and tender romance that demonstrates that sometimes, unexpectedly, there can be something better than perfection. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 336. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Grenville makes awkward atmospheres and fumbling encounters wonderfully vivid. Read it and cringe' The Times
The Idea of Perfection is a funny and touching romance between two people who've given up on love. Set in the eccentric little backwater of Karakarook, New South Wales, pop. 1374, it tells the story of Douglas Cheeseman, a gawky engineer with jug-handle ears, and Harley Savage, a woman altogether too big and too abrupt for comfort.
Harley is in Karakarook to foster 'Heritage', and Douglas is there to pull down the quaint old Bent Bridge. From day one, they're on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Picador
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780330392617
SKU
KTG0011344
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Kate Grenville
Kate Grenville is a prize-winning fiction writer whose novels include Lilian's Story, Dark Places and the Orange Prize award winning novel The Idea of Perfection. She lives in Sydney with her husband, son and daughter.
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