The Hothouse by the East River - Softcover

Spark, Muriel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140040021 ISBN 13: 9780140040029

Publisher: Penguin, 1975

Synopsis

In 1973 Paul and Elsa are living in New York. In 1944 they were both involved in intelligence work in England, and with the arrival in New York of Helmut Kiel, one-time German POW and lover of Elsa, their past returns to haunt them.

About this title

About the Author:

Muriel Spark was born in Edinburgh in 1918. A poet, essayist, biographer and novelist, she won much international praise, including being twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The Times placed her eighth in its list of the Fifty Greatest British Writers Since 1945. She died in Tuscany in 2006. Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982. His novel, The Flood, was published in 1986. A year later came Knots & Crosses, his first novel to feature the detective John Rebus. The bestselling Rebus series has been translated into twenty-two languages and adapted for television.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1975
• ISBN 10: 0140040021
• ISBN 13: 9780140040029
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144