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Several Deceptions
Jane Stevenson
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Description for Several Deceptions
Paperback. The four novellas that make up this book share a common theme: deception and self-deception, practised on or by the protagonists. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 225. Clean copy with some shelf wear
These four novellas are narrated by a brilliantly distinctive voice telling the stories of an Anglo-Italian Professor of Semiotics undone by his own cleverness; an Irish woman who joins a Tibetan nunnery in India; the old university friends whose party is galvanised by a pugnacious newcomer into a demented Buchanesque mission to restore their hostess's lost humour; and an international lawyer who takes to terrorism in pursuit of a theory. Several Deceptions is clever, funny and a little cruel and introduces a writer of quite remarkable gifts.
These four novellas are narrated by a brilliantly distinctive voice telling the stories of an Anglo-Italian Professor of Semiotics undone by his own cleverness; an Irish woman who joins a Tibetan nunnery in India; the old university friends whose party is galvanised by a pugnacious newcomer into a demented Buchanesque mission to restore their hostess's lost humour; and an international lawyer who takes to terrorism in pursuit of a theory. Several Deceptions is clever, funny and a little cruel and introduces a writer of quite remarkable gifts.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099273745
SKU
KSS0001768
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Jane Stevenson
Jane Stevenson is the author of two collections of novellas, Several Deceptions and Good Women, and four novels, London Bridges, Astraea, The Pretender and The Empress of the Last Days. She is a professor in the history department at Aberdeen University and holds the Regius Chair of Humanity.
Reviews for Several Deceptions
A very enjoyable display of deadly wit given with a relaxed literary confidence. Here is a gossipy, smart, critical, intellectual, high spirited and literate voice
Hal Jensen
Times Literary Supplement
Clever and enjoyable... This is an accomplished first book, and even if Stevenson never writes another word, she is already more than promising
Phil Baker
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Hal Jensen
Times Literary Supplement
Clever and enjoyable... This is an accomplished first book, and even if Stevenson never writes another word, she is already more than promising
Phil Baker
... Read more