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Pilcrow
Adam Mars-Jones
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Description for Pilcrow
Paperback. Growing up disabled and gay in the 1950's, circumstances force John Cromer from an early age to develop an intense and vivid internal world. As his character develops, this ability to transcend external circumstance through his own strength of character proves an invaluable asset. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 35. Weight in Grams: 424.
'Gripping.' New Statesman
'Compulsive.' Observer
'Strange and exhilarating.' Sunday Times
'A joy to read.' Sunday Telegraph
'Constantly surprising.' London Review of Books
'One of the most original comic creations in recent fiction.' Guardian
Time passed slowly in the 1950s, especially if you'd been put to bed and told not to move (until further notice). But John Cromer, the central character of this extraordinary novel, is much closer to being an explorer than a victim. He's the weakest hero in fiction - unless he's one of the strongest.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571217045
SKU
9780571217045
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Ref
99-1
About Adam Mars-Jones
Adam Mars-Jones's first book of stories, Lantern Lecture, was published in 1981 and won a Somerset Maugham Award. In 1983 and again in 1993 he was named one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists, despite not having produced a novel at the time. His Zen status as an acclaimed novelist without a novel was dented by the appearance of ... Read more
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