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Fascination
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Fascination
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) William Boyd
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:224 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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| Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780241957264
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| Classifications | Dewey:823 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Penguin Books Ltd
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| Imprint |
Penguin Books Ltd
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| Publication Date |
7 July 2011 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Striking new cover image for William Boyd's collection of masterful stories Sixteen masterpieces of short fiction from one of today's most original storytellers. Wide-ranging in style and subject matter, the collection moves from 19th century Russia to Second World War Los Angeles to modern-day Eastbourne. First published in Penguin in 2005 to great acclaim, now reissued with a striking new cover image.
Author Biography
William Boyd was born in Ghana, the son of a Scottish doctor, in 1952, and grew up there and in Nigeria. His first novel A Good Man in Africa was published in 1981, and won both the Whitbread First Novel and Somerset Maugham Prizes. He has since published many acclaimed and successful novels, and four collections of short stories.
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