The Debt to Pleasure
by John Lanchester
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Synopsis
John Lanchester was born in Hamburg in 1962. He was brought up in the Far East and educated in England. He is a columnist for the Daily Telegraph and is on the editorial board of the London Review of Books . The Debt to Pleasure (1996), won the Whitbread First Novel Award, the Betty Trask Prize, the Hawthornden Prize, and a Julia Child Award. His second novel, Mr. Phillips , was published in 2000. His most recent novel is Fragrant Harbour . He lives in London.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 878T99
- Title
- The Debt to Pleasure
- Author
- John Lanchester
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Picador
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 8.5" by 6"
- Keywords
- Debt Pleasure Lanchester Hall Pleasure
Terms of Sale
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Rooke Books
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