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Classical in form, grave, earnest and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Barry Unsworth
- First published
- 1980
- Pages
- 192
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster, Penguin Books, M. Joseph
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780896212848
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First sentence
“LORD OF THE WORLD.”
About Barry Unsworth · 1930–2012
English author who won the Booker Prize
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