In a galactic culture that extends from quasi-Utopian worlds such as New Alexandria to vermin-infested slums like Old Earth, the Star-Pilots have become the great heroes of the day. Grainger has become a legend in his own time, flying the prototype vessel of a new starship... Having escaped from hi
Swan Song
β Scribed by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott (author)
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 330 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1473543932
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
'Brilliantly captures Capote's acid wit and his dramatic downfall.' The Times BOOKS OF THE YEAR
'A dazzlingly assured first novel... This clever book, with the moreish astringency of a negroni, is a perfect summer cocktail.' - Sunday Times
'A whirlwind of a first novel. There is great pathos in the Swans' woundings and in their inevitable decline. And the character of Truman himself shimmers through the novel in a wonderful blaze of eccentricity and excess. Outstanding.' β Rose Tremain
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They told him everything.
He told everyone else.
Over countless martini-soaked Manhattan lunches, they shared their deepest secrets and greatest fears. On exclusive yachts sailing the Mediterranean, on private jets streaming towards Jamaica, on YucatΓ‘n beaches in secluded bays, they gossiped about sex, power,...
Number of Words in Auth: 3
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Single Author : Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott (author)
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Title Length : 009
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