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Book

Lord Jim at home

Call Number

  • FICTION BROO (CEN)

Edition

First McNally Editions paperback.

Publication Information

New York, NY : McNally Editions, 2023.

Physical Description

xiii, 245 pages ; 22 cm

Summary

When Dinah Brooke's second novel, Lord Jim at Home, was first published in 1973, it was described as "squalid and startling," "nastily horrific," and a "monstrous parody" of upper-middle class English life. It is the story of Giles Trenchard, who grows up isolated in an atmosphere of privilege and hidden violence; who goes to war, and returns; and then, one day--like the hero of Joseph Conrad's classic Lord Jim--commits an act that calls his past, his character, his whole world into question.

Notes

"Originally published in 1974 by Andre Deutsch, Ltd., London"--Title page verso.

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