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Two novels exploring the twin faces of love and madness, loss and regeneration.
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Grave, earnest, spare and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- William Trevor
- First published
- 1991
- Pages
- 384
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited, William A. Thomas Braille Bookstore, Viking
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780141929804
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