Meeting the English
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Published
New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 22 cm
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Jefferson Co PL - Madison Main Branch - Fiction | FICTION CLAN | On Shelf |
Spencer Co PL - Rockport Main Library - Adult Fiction | FIC CLA | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2015.
Format
Book
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Notes
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"In response to a job advertisement, Struan Robertson, orphan, genius, and just seventeen, leaves his dour native town in Scotland, and arrives in London in the freakishly hot summer of 1989. His job, he finds, is to care for playwright and one-time literary star Phillip Prys, dumbfounded and paralyzed by a massive stroke, because, though two teenage children, two wives, and a literary agent all rattle 'round Phillip's large house, they are each too busy with their peculiar obsessions to do it themselves. As the city bakes, Struan finds himself tangled in a midsummer's dream of mistaken identity, giddying property prices, wild swimming, and overwhelming passions. For everyone, it is to be a life-changing summer. Meeting the English is a bright book about dark subjects--a tale about kindness and its limits, told with love. Spiked with witty dialogue and jostling with gleeful, zesty characters, it is a glorious debut novel from an acclaimed writer of poetry, non-fiction, and short stories"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Clanchy, K. (2015). Meeting the English (First U.S. edition.). Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Clanchy, Kate, 1965-. 2015. Meeting the English. Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Clanchy, Kate, 1965-. Meeting the English Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Clanchy, Kate. Meeting the English First U.S. edition., Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2015.
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