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Lorimer Black - young, good-looking, but with a somewhat troubled expression - does not understand why his world is being torn apart, though he does know that for the most part it is made up of bluster and hypocrisy.
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Contemporary, classical in form, cool and grave.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- William Boyd
- First published
- April 7, 1998
- Pages
- 352
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Group UK, Bakker
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- German, French, Dutch, English
- ISBN
- 9780141925493
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About William Boyd · 1952
William Boyd is a British novelist and screenwriter.
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