Out of This World |
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| Author:
| Swift, Graham |
| ISBN: | 978-0-679-30938-3 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1998 |
| Publisher: | Random House of Canada
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| Imprint: | Vintage Canada |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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"A disturbing and memorable novel, in which public happenings and private thoughts and relationships are relentlessly intertwined -- the best kind of novel."- The Globe and Mail "Not a book the reader is likely to forget, Out of This World--deserves to be ranked at the forefront of contemporary fiction." - The New York Times Book Review "In unravelling the unhappy lives of members of the Beech family, the grandfather a war hero, the son a celebrated...
More Description"A disturbing and memorable novel, in which public happenings and private thoughts and relationships are relentlessly intertwined -- the best kind of novel."- The Globe and Mail
"Not a book the reader is likely to forget, Out of This World--deserves to be ranked at the forefront of contemporary fiction." - The New York Times Book Review
"In unravelling the unhappy lives of members of the Beech family, the grandfather a war hero, the son a celebrated photo-journalist, the granddaughter estranged and undergoing analysis, the plot embraces the history of this century's warfare and the attempts of individuals to escape the legacy of their past.... A moving and painful saga." - Sunday Times (U.K.)
"Serious and interesting... Out of This World is asking Swift's characteristically painful, intelligent, difficult questions about the world." - The Observer (U.K.)
"Graham Swift is a writer of extraordinary power." - San Francisco Chronicle
"Powerful and exciting...intense as a thriller." - The London Times