ISBN: 9780770515751 - A Population of One: A Novel (5 results)

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Good dust jacket. (Literature, fiction, Drama) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Some rubbing on bottom corners, small closed tear at front bottom jacket. Otherwise a very nice copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Some rubbing on bottom corners, small closed tear at front bottom jacket. Otherwise a very nice copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, Slight Chips & Tear. 1st Canadian Edition. Willy (Wilhelmina) Doyle has two objectives: to get a job teaching and to marry somebody as promptly as possible - or at the very least to have an affair. This latter plan is labelled The Project. Our heroine is undeterred by the fact that, at 30, she is starting both projects a little late.The first objective is easily accomplished when Willy gets a job teaching in a university English department, which suits her very well. Progress on The Project, however, is more difficult to measure, in spite of the several men in Willy's new life. It is only after a romantic trip for two that Willy makes real progress on The Project- and comes to know true loneliness. Told with a wry, self-deprecatory humour that can describe sexual disasters with elegance and affection, this book is part comedy and part tragedy. Readers will enjoy meeting brave, optimistic Willy Doyle.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.