People In Glass Houses
$28.30
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
4 May 2006
Summary
The ‘People in Glass Houses’ work for an American-based concern devoted to ‘inflicting improvement’ the world over.
Amongst them are sloppy but erudite Algie Wyatt, Swoboda, a Slav DP, who finally rebels against a daily inflow of documentation; modest Ashmole-Brown, whose surprise best-seller unseats Sadie Graine, the all-time corridor fixer; Jaspersen, who falls in and out of love with the Organization; and Clelia Kinslake, who meets the most critical non-crisis of her career in Cret…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844082186 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844082180 |
| Author: | Shirley Hazzard |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 4 May 2006 |
| Weight: | 155g |
| Dimensions: | 195mm x 123mm x 12mm |
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Critics Review
“A brilliant comedy on a large and serious theme.” –The Saturday Evening Post
“Places her on a high ground between Katherine Mansfield and Evelyn Waugh.” –The New York Times
“It stings and alarms….Hazzard’s strength lies in her coolness, her modesty, and her understatement.” –The Times (London)
“The comedy, irony, and pathos generated by the conflict between bureaucratic form and human content are beautifully rendered.” –Dwight Macdonald
About The Author
Shirley Hazzard
The Great Fire won the Miles Franklin Award (2004) the National Book Award for fiction (2003), was shortlisted for the Orange Prize (2004), and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize (2004).
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