August is a Wicked Month - Hardcover

O'Brien, Edna

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0224609920 ISBN 13: 9780224609920

Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1965

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Publisher: London: Cape, 1965.
Date of Publication: 1965
Binding: hard back
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Good/Good
Description: Hb, 1st edn, G+/G (book cocked, name on fep, jkt scuffed).corners bumped,cover slightly torn at spine

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Review:

She writes . . . with prose that is scrupulous and lyrical, beautiful and exact. (Anne Enright Guardian)

Edna O'Brien is one of the greatest writers in the English-speaking world. (New York Times)

No writer in English is so good at putting the reader inside the skin of a woman. (Evening Standard)

Edna O'Brien is both brilliant and brave. (Ann Patchett)

August is a Wicked Month . . . is about motherhood, desire and learning to accept yourself . . . quintessential O'Brien ... This is O'Brien's reality check on the summer romance. (Charlotte Tuxworth-Holden The Times)

Book Description:

A reissue of Edna O'Brien's ground-breaking novel, August is a Wicked Month

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