The Idea of Perfection - Hardcover

Grenville, Kate

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670030805 ISBN 13: 9780670030804

Publisher: Viking Pr, 2002

Synopsis

The winner of the 2001 Orange Prize serves up a poignant story about an unlikely romance in the Australian bush between Douglas Cheesman, a shy and awkward engineer, and Harley Savage, a plain, large-boned woman who works as a museum curator. 20,000 first printing.

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Review:

Grenville makes awkward atmospheres and fumbling encounters wonderfully vivid. Read it and cringe (The Times)

From these two reticent characters, besieged by two lifetimes of regret, doubt and dismay, Grenville manufactures an extraordinary comedy of manners, made all more powerful by her own reticence as a writer (Guardian)

Outrageously entertaining (Daily Mail)

Mined throughout with little pockets of danger and depth (Guardian)

A truly amazing writer (Rosie Boycott, chair of the Orange Prize jury)

An honest and compelling celebration of imperfection (Observer)

A funny and touching romance (Daily Express)

Being the only book voted for the Orange Prize shortlist by both the official judging panel, always an all-female affair, and a shadow panel of men sitting for the first time, was testament to The Idea of Perfection's universal appeal (Australian News)

Grenville has created a unique exploration of human weaknesses and how combining these weaknesses can make a strength (Irish Independent)

A funny, off-beat love story (Daily Mail)

Book Description:

By the winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2001, this is a witty and tender romance that demonstrates that sometimes, unexpectedly, there can be something better than perfection.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Pr
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0670030805
• ISBN 13: 9780670030804
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 401