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Darcy's Utopia
by Fay Weldon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good (ex-library)/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0002233509
- ISBN 13
- 9780002233507
- Seller
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Collins, UK, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Good (ex-library)/Good. Hardcover. 235 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Collins, UK, 1990. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in good (ex-library) condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Ex-library with usual marks, stamps, stickers. Corners of boards are moderately bumped. Spine has minor lean. Dust jacket has light creasing. Edges of dust jacket have moderate bumping and superficial wear. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Pages are reasonably tanned. Boards cracked at half title page.. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Two journalists, Hugo Vansitart and Valerie Jones, meet while interviewing Eleanor Darcy, the notorious wife of the former economic adviser to the Cabinet. Falling in love, they hole up together in a hotel to write their pieces, but Eleanor's view of utopia seems to affect them both strangely. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0002233509. ISBN/EAN: 9780002233507. Inventory No: 21060314.. 9780002233507
Synopsis
Eleanor Darcy, a woman of marginal genealogy and looks that play better than they should, is married to the economist to whom the Prime Minister listens. Determined to rip apart the old order and start fresh, Eleanor becomes the serpent—or angel—who whispers utopian visions in Julian Darcy's ear. With the husband in jail for imperiling the financial structure of the nation, Eleanor grants exclusive interviews to two journalists, Hugo Vansitart and Valerie Jones. Though they seem more preoccupied with each other than with their elusive subject, their goal is the same: to capture the essence of Eleanor Darcy. Hugo is loking for truth and pragmatism in Eleanor's vision: Valerie is in quest of the woman's struggle. From their diverse portraits, Eleanor Darcy emerges, and so does her remarkable vision—complete with shockingly sensible ideas about child-rearing, abortion, education, integration, fundamentalism, economics—and, of course, a new twist on that old story of the sexes. Fay Weldon has once again skewered the conventions of modern society with wit and wisdom, shining her flashlight on the threadbare morals of modern life.
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- Seller
- Manyhills Books
(AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 21060314
- Title
- Darcy's Utopia
- Author
- Fay Weldon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good (ex-library)
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0002233509
- ISBN 13
- 9780002233507
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Literature & Literary; Darcy's Utopia
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature & Literary;
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