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Synopsis
Prentis, clerk in the "dead crimes" division of the London Police department, suspects his boss is trying to drive him crazy. But why? In a race against his own ebbing sanity, he uncovers a trail that leads to his father - a war hero named "Shuttlecock", whose memoirs tell a tale of betrayal.
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"An astonishing study of forms of guilt, laced with a thread of detection--and outrageous humor." -"The Sunday Times" (London)
"A world that is half Kafka, half Orwell--joined on a cord of elegant, tough, swift writing." -"San Francisco Examiner
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Intense psychological thriller from 1996 Booker Prize winner
Intense psychological thriller by Graham Swift, winner of the 1996 Booker Prize, from his backlist, brilliantly rejacketed by Picador in 1997. An unnerving study of power and inadequacy; and the manipulations of family and work life. "One of his generation's finest, with an imagination of rare immediacy and vitality" The Times; "A born storyteller" Daily Telegraph
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Shuttlecock
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Shuttlecock (King Penguin)
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Shuttlecock (King Penguin)
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Shuttlecock
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King Penguin, Middlesex, England, 1986
ISBN 10: 0140086765
ISBN 13: 9780140086768
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Seller: Shadow Books, Norwich, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Shaken, has some pages loose from binding. light creasing to corners of cover, otherwise very good. Seller Inventory # 007769
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Shuttlecock
Seller: Simply Read Books, Boat Of Garten, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1986 King Penguin reprint paperback; very good, clean condition, appears unread; UK dealer, immediate dispatch. Seller Inventory # 42W55
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Shuttlecock
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Shuttlecock
Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Prentis, senior clerk in the 'dead crimes' department of police archives, is becoming more and more confused. Alienated from his wife and children, and obsessed by his father, a wartime hero now the mute inmate of a mental hospital, Prentis feels increasingly unsettled as his enigmatic boss, Mr Quinn, turns his investigation towards him - and his father. Gradually Prentis suspects that his father's breakdown and Quinn's menacing behaviour are connected and the link is to be found in his father's memoirs. 224 pages. Seller Inventory # 1381047
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