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The Essence of the Thing

Madeleine St John

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#3324 of 8,085 books · #1654 in Fiction

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize (1997).

An exciting new talent, shortlisted for the 1997 Booker Prize, hailed as ‘a triumph’ by The Times, and a poignant observer of human hearts, foibles and follies. ‘’There isn’t a false note in the book, nothing but ravishing grace, wit and tender feelings.’ Mail on Sunday

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Publisher
4th Estate
ISBN-13
9780786706792
Genre
Fiction
Topics
Relationships and breakupsHuman foibles and folliesContemporary London life

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