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On Green Dolphin Street
by Faulks, Sebastian
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition (1st imp), unclipped d/j (some bumping), green clothbound boards, gilt spine titling bright; text block f
- ISBN 10
- 0091802105
- ISBN 13
- 9780091802103
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson, 2001. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition (1st imp), unclipped d/j (some bumping), green clothbound boards, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked; some yellowing on edges.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). A vividly evocative novel set in Cold War and New Frontier era America, from the bestselling author of Birdsong and Charlotte Gray. America, 1959. With two young children she adores, loving parents back in London, and an admired husband, Charlie, working at the British embassy in Washington, the world seems an effervescent place of parties, jazz and family happiness to Mary van der Linden. But the Eisenhower years are ending, and 1960 brings the presidential battle between two ambitious senators: John Kennedy and Richard Nixon. But when Frank, an American newspaper reporter, enters their lives Mary embarks on a passionate affair, all the while knowing that in the end she must confront an impossible decision. ÔA novel about adultery, jazz and alcohol-full of good things, of the intensity of initially thwarted desire, of the atmosphere of a new era coming alive, of the poignancy of things past rings precisely trueÉsuave and fluentÕ Sunday Times
Synopsis
Superbly done...Another winner' Sunday TelegraphAmerica, 1959. With two young children she adores, loving parents back in London, and an admired husband, Charlie, working at the British embassy in Washington, the world seems an effervescent place of parties, jazz and family happiness to Mary van der Linden. But the Eisenhower years are ending, and 1960 brings the presidential battle between two ambitious senators: John Kennedy and Richard Nixon. But when Frank, an American newspaper reporter, enters their lives Mary embarks on a passionate affair, all the while knowing that in the end she must confront an impossible decision.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC133101
- Title
- On Green Dolphin Street
- Author
- Faulks, Sebastian
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition (1st imp), unclipped d/j (some bumping), green clothbound boards, gilt spine titling bright; text block f
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0091802105
- ISBN 13
- 9780091802103
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2001
- Pages
- 341
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6"")
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, Faulks, historical fiction, cold war
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 0.61 g
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