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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1988 Ex-Library. Very Good. Hardcover. . "Harold Adams, widower and retired businessman, is about to turn sixty-five. He is grouchy and he smokes too much. Just when he thinks life holds no more surprises or adventures, he accepts the chairmanship of a fund-raising gala farewell performance of operatic diva Maria Speranza, and thereby sets in motion an ever-widening spiral of events. Harold soon finds that his life of relative leisure is interrupted by the return of his widowed daughter, by his son's love life, by the appearance of a former lover, and by other unexpected complications. No social class or individual escapes Phillips' acerbic wit and penetrating observations. The moneyed ladies of Westmount take their comeuppance gracefully and in good humour. Liaisons of all descriptions are held up for scrutiny: inflated, punctured, and caressed, before they work themselves through to sometimes surprising resolution." Crisp-hardly read-ffep missing,…
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- Title Hope Springs Eternal
- Author Edward Phillips
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- Edition First edition
- Pages 253
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mcclelland & Stewart, Toronto
- Date 1988
- ISBN 9780771069901
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Hope springs eternal
by Phillips, Edward
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Hope springs Eternal
by Phillips, Edward
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New York: McClelland & Stewart, 1988. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First edition, First printing. Book is in Near Fine condition. Boards are clean, not bumped. Fore edges have the tiniest bit of shelf wear. Interior is clean and legible. NOT remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Near Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Dust Jacket is covered by Mylar Brodart. Thanks and Enjoy. All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks..
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Hope Springs Eternal: A Novel
by Phillips, Edward
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Toronto, Ontario: McClelland & Stewart, 1988. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). Canadian First. Inscribed and dated 11/11/88 on the title page by Edward Phillips:"For Donna - with best wishes - Ted"; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition.
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