The Eve of Saint Venus |
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Author:
| Burgess, Anthony |
Illustrator:
| Pagram, Edward |
ISBN: | 978-0-393-00915-6 |
Publication Date: | Mar 1979 |
Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $17.95 |
Book Description:
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Here is a midsummer night's dream of a novel, Anthony Burgess in a mood of comic whimsy. A baronet, Sir Benjamin Drayton, has received a consignment of stone statues of gods and goddesses, including Venus. A ring slipped on Venus's finger by a young man about to be married upsets a number of arrangements, including the wedding plans.
Here is a midsummer night's dream of a novel, Anthony Burgess in a mood of comic whimsy. A baronet, Sir Benjamin Drayton, has received a consignment of stone statues of gods and goddesses, including Venus. A ring slipped on Venus's finger by a young man about to be married upsets a number of arrangements, including the wedding plans.