Sandcastle, The
by Murdoch, Iris
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fair/Not Applicable
- Seller
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Buttaba, New South Wales, Australia
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Synopsis
'Iris Murdoch was one of the best and most influential writers of the twentieth century.' Peter Conradi, The GuardianThe quiet life of schoolmaster Bill Mor and his wife Nan is disturbed when a young woman, Rain Carter, arrives at the school to paint the portrait of the headmaster. Mor, hoping to enter politics, becomes aware of new desires. A complex battle develops, involving love, guilt, magic, art and political ambition. Mor's teenage children and their mother fight discreetly and ruthlessly against the invader. The Head, himself enchanted, advises Mor to seize the girl and run. The final decision rests with Rain. Can a 'great love' be purchased at too high a price?
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reading Habit (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GENFIC1515
- Title
- Sandcastle, The
- Author
- Murdoch, Iris
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Not Applicable
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- England
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- General Fiction, Modern Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Fiction;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...