Winter’s Tale.
by HELPRIN, MARK:
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- Hardcover
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Synopsis
A bestseller that takes readers on a journey to New York of the Belle Epoque, where Peter Lake attempts to rob a Manhattan mansion only to find the daughter of the house at home. Thus begins the love between the middle-aged Irishman and Beverly Penn, a young girl who is dying. “This novel...is a gifted writer’s love affair with the language” (Newsday).
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 93979
- Title
- Winter’s Tale.
- Author
- HELPRIN, MARK:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld and Nicholson. 1983 1st.
- Keywords
- Literature Modern First Editions Dustwrapper First Edition Literature
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