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Human Voices
by Penelope Fitzgerald
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
This is a near fine condition book. Normal shelf wear on the dust jacket. Spotting
Synopsis
When British listeners tuned in to the BBC's Nine O'Clock News in the middle of 1940, they had no idea what human dramas-and follies-were unfolding behind the scenes. Targeted by enemy bombers, the BBC had turned its concert hall into a dormitory for both sexes, and personal chaos rivaled the political. The tense relationship between two departmental directors is at the center of Human Voices, as is Annie, a sixteen-year-old assistant who falls hopelessly in love with the monstrously selfish one. Reading this intimate glimpse behind the scenes of the BBC in its heyday, "one is left with the sensation," William Boyd wrote in London Magazine, "that this is what is was really like."
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book and Record Bar
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CBRB196
- Title
- Human Voices
- Author
- Penelope Fitzgerald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1980
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
The Book and Record Bar
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
The Book and Record Bar
Biblio member since 2017
London
About The Book and Record Bar
We are a physical shop in South East London - West Norwood - right next to the train station. A huge selection of first editions is available to look at by dappointment in our basement, including some very rare items. We do not stock much in the way of Antiquarian books
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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