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G.
by John Berger
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0297994239
- ISBN 13
- 9780297994237
- Seller
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Aldeburgh, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Synopsis
John Peter Berger is an English art critic, novelist, painter and author. His unsettling and powerful novel, G , won the Man Booker prize in 1972. The setting is before the First World War in Europe. The protagonist, G., is the rich son of an Italian canned fruit retailer who is a wild Casanova-type lover of women. He gradually comes to a realization after many misadventures. The book has been described as a rich and pleasurable reading experience and will appeal to those interested in the author’s beautiful poetic imagery as well as the intellectual stimulation this novel offers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robin Summers Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C217156
- Title
- G.
- Author
- John Berger
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0297994239
- ISBN 13
- 9780297994237
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld and Nicholson,
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Pages
- 316
Terms of Sale
Robin Summers Books Limited
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