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Death of the Body, The
C K Stead
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Paperback. Professor Harry Butler is obsessed with the mind/body problem. Unfortunately, this is not the least of his problems. His wife has turned his study into a Sufi shrine, the Drug Squad have taken up residence in his kitchen, and some of his colleagues suspect him of going astray academically. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 280.
Professor Harry Butler is obsessed with the Mind/Body problem. Unfortunately, this is not the least of his problems. Harry's wife has turned his study into a sufi shrine where she sits crossed-legged and chants for hours on end: 'I am not this body..' And Harry doesn't know it yet but the Drug Squad have taken up residence in his kitchen so as to observe the movements of his neighbours and their visitors. Among these visitors, photographed by the Drug Squad, is one of his oldest friends. And living next door is a woman Harry may have had an encounter with ... Read more
Professor Harry Butler is obsessed with the Mind/Body problem. Unfortunately, this is not the least of his problems. Harry's wife has turned his study into a sufi shrine where she sits crossed-legged and chants for hours on end: 'I am not this body..' And Harry doesn't know it yet but the Drug Squad have taken up residence in his kitchen so as to observe the movements of his neighbours and their visitors. Among these visitors, photographed by the Drug Squad, is one of his oldest friends. And living next door is a woman Harry may have had an encounter with ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Harvill P. London
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860467547
SKU
KNH0003788
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About C K Stead
C.K. Stead was Professor of English at the University of Auckland for 20 years until 1986. He is known among students of literature as the author of The New Poetic, a study of Yeats, Eliot and the Georgian poets. He has written eight novels and has published ten volumes of poetry and two volumes of short stories. He is the ... Read more
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