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In Every Face I Meet
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
In Every Face I Meet
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Justin Cartwright
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:240 | Dimensions(mm): Height 196,Width 128 |
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Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780340637838
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Classifications | Dewey:823.914 |
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Edition |
2nd edition
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Hodder & Stoughton
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Imprint |
Sceptre
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Publication Date |
7 March 1996 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Set against the background of Nelson Mandela's release, IN EVERY FACE I MEET is the story of Anthony Northleach, and one intense, comic and horrifying day in his life. 'Glitteringly entertaining.' The Times 'A hugely readable, beautifully written, thoughtful book.' Marie Claire 'A brilliant and original book ... There can be nothing derivative about a novelist with Justin Cartwright's fresh accuracy of perception, which provides constant small shocks of recognition ... funny as well as bleak, and full of humanity. This is a novel that tackles all the big state-of-the modern-world themes; it is also intensely readable' Sunday Telegraph Set against the background of Nelson Mandela's release, this is the story of Anthony Northleach, and one intense, comic and horrifying day in his life. 'Glitteringly entertaining' The Times 'A hugely readable, beautifully written, thoughtful book' Marie Claire 'A brilliant and original book ... There can be nothing derivative about a novelist with Justin Cartwright's fresh accuracy of perception, which provides constant small shocks of recognition ... intensely readable' Sunday Telegraph
Author Biography
Justin Cartwright was born in South Africa and educated in America and at Oxford University. His novel LEADING THE CHEERS won the Whitbread Book Award for 1998. Justin Cartwright lives in north London with his wife and two sons.
ReviewsGlitteringly entertaining. * The Times * A hugely readable, beautifully written, thoughtful book. * Marie Claire * A brilliant and original book ... There can be nothing derivative about a novelist with Justin Cartwright's fresh accuracy of perception, which provides constant small shocks of recognition ... funny as well as bleak, and full of humanity. This is a novel that tackles all the big state-of-the modern-world themes; it is also intensely readable * Sunday Telegraph *
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