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At the moment that Colonel Browne is standing in the shallow end of the swimming pool of the Hotel Alphenrose, preparing for his late afternoon dip, his daughter Charlotte, carrying a suitcase, is getting out of her car back in England, preparing to rob the ancestral home. It is not just another day: it is the culmination of hundreds of days, hundreds of disappointments and misunderstandings, and thousands of very small lies...
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"A true writer of fiction... A writer whose every book has been a pleasure" (Scotsman)
"Demonstrates a wry talent and considerable fertility of imagination" (Guardian)
"The dialogue and off-beat humour are spot on" (Daily Telegraph)
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'A true writer of fiction...A writer whose every book has been a pleasure' Scotsman
At the moment that Colonel Browne is standing in the shallow end of the swimming pool of the Hotel Alpenrose, preparing for his late afternoon dip, his daughter Charlotte, carrying a suitcase, is getting out of her car back in England, preparing to rob the ancestral home. It is not just another day: it is the cuilmination of hundreds of days, hundreds of disappointments and misunderstandings, and thousands of very small lies...
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- PublisherArrow Books Ltd
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0099379600
- ISBN 13 9780099379607
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages192
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