Point Counter Point.
by HUXLEY, Aldous
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tamworth, Ontario, Canada
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Synopsis
The dilettantes who frequent Lady Tantamount's society parties are determined to push forward the moral frontiers of the age. Marjorie has left her family to live with Walter; Walter is in love with the luscious but cold-hearted Lucy who devours every man in sight; the repulsive Spandrell deflowers young girls for the sake of entertainment and all the while everyone is engaged in dazzling and witty conversation. Often described as a Vanity Fair for the Twenties, Point Counter Point contains wickedly accurate portraits of D. H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, Ottoline Morrell and Huxley himself.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13940
- Title
- Point Counter Point.
- Author
- HUXLEY, Aldous
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Toronto: Musson Book Company Limited, (N.d., but circa 1928). First Canadian edition.
- Keywords
- LITA-L
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aldous Huxley;
Terms of Sale
Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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About the Seller
Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
About Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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