Another World

Barker, Pat

ISBN 10: 0670870587 / ISBN 13: 9780670870585

Published by Penguin Grouup, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1998

About this Item

Book & Jacket in Very Good Condition, slight browning to edges of pages.

Seller Inventory # 000191

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Another World
• Publisher: Penguin Grouup, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670870587
• ISBN 13: 9780670870585
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • General Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Nick's grandfather Geordie lies dying. As Nick watches, Geordie starts to relive the horrors surrounding his brother's death in the painful days before his own. Meanwhile Nick and his wife Fran try to unite their increasingly fractious family by organizing the children into decorating the living room. Gradually, as the old wallpaper is peeled away an obscence portrait of an Edwardian family is revealed. The drawing is an exercise in hate, revealing the history of their house and casting a terrifying shadow over the family.

About the Author

Pat Barker is the author of Union Street, Blow your House Down, The Century's Daughter, The Man Who Wasn't There, the Regeneration Trilogy (Regeneration, The Eye in the Door and The Ghost Road), Another World, Border Crossing, Double Vision, and the Life Class Trilogy (Life Class, Toby's Room and Noonday). Pat Barker lives in Durham.