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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN BURNSIDE
When Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theatre, he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous love affairs but unexpectedly bumps into his childhood sweetheart and sets his heart on destroying her marriage. His equilibrium is further disturbed when his friends all decide to come and keep him company and Charles finds his seaside idyll severely threatened by his obsessions.
When Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theatre, he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous love affairs but unexpectedly bumps into his childhood sweetheart and sets his heart on destroying her marriage. His equilibrium is further disturbed when his friends all decide to come and keep him company and Charles finds his seaside idyll severely threatened by his obsessions.
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"Dazzlingly entertaining and inventive" (The Times)
"Funny and poignant and arguably Murdoch's finest hour" (Daily Express)
"A fantastic feat of imagination as well as a marvellous sustained piece of writing" (Vogue)
"An enjoyable, thought-provoking and unforgettable novel" (Daily Mail)
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- PublisherVintage Classics
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0099560992
- ISBN 13 9780099560999
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages608
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