Ruffian On The Stair

Zusatztext Bawden has a penetraing eye for both the insalubrious and gorgeous detail! homing in with language that is always crisp and precise. Informationen zum Autor Nina Bawden (1925-2012), CBE, was one of Britain's most distinguished and best-loved novelists, both for adults and children ( Peppermint Pig and Carrie's War being among her most famous books for young people). She has published over forty novels and an autobiography, I n My Own Time . She was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Circles of Deceit and her novel Family Money was filmed by Channel 4, starring Claire Boom and June Whitfield. In 2004 she received the S. T. Dupont Golden Pen Award for a Lifetime's Contribution to Literature. Klappentext 'From this well-loved author comes a novel that is 'an upper- middle-class version of Mike Leigh's Secrets and Lies' (Independent), full of intrigues, betrayals and family secrets. Vorwort 'From this well-loved author comes a novel that is 'an upper- middle-class version of Mike Leigh's Secrets and Lies' (Independent) , full of intrigues, betrayals and family secrets. Zusammenfassung 'From this well-loved author comes a novel that is 'an upper- middle-class version of Mike Leigh's Secrets and Lies' (Independent), full of intrigues, betrayals and family secrets.

Product details

• Authors: Nina Bawden, Nina Bawden Deceased
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.11.2006
• EAN: 9781844083800
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-380-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 187 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Series: VMC; Virago modern classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Romance, FICTION / Romance / General, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Psychological, FICTION / Romance / Later in Life, Family life fiction