Wide is the Gate
by SINCLAIR, Upton
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
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Auckland, New Zealand
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Synopsis
Wide Is the Gate is the fourth novel in Upton Sinclair's Lanny Budd series. First published in 1943, the story covers the period from 1934 to 1937. In this novel Lanny Budd's marriage to Irma breaks down after he imposes on her to help smuggle a revolutionary named Trudy out of Germany. Her husband Rudy had been arrested and vanished into the Gestapo prison system. Months later Lanny, at a séance, hears that Rudy is dead. He persuades Trudy that Rudy is dead and they secretly marry.
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- Bookseller
- Mainly Fiction (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027612
- Title
- Wide is the Gate
- Author
- SINCLAIR, Upton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Publisher
- T. Werner Laurie
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
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