After leaving her husband and their suffocating marriage for a new lover in Rome, the narrator of Heather McGowan's "Duchess of Nothing" has her freedom, but is still trapped by the routine of life and haunted by her past. Even worse, her lover, Edmund, is just as self-absorbed and remote as her former husband. Her one source of entertainment is Edmund's seven-year-old brother, a curious, precocious, and defiant child who becomes her responsibility during her lover's long absences. Spending their days together, they wander ...
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After leaving her husband and their suffocating marriage for a new lover in Rome, the narrator of Heather McGowan's "Duchess of Nothing" has her freedom, but is still trapped by the routine of life and haunted by her past. Even worse, her lover, Edmund, is just as self-absorbed and remote as her former husband. Her one source of entertainment is Edmund's seven-year-old brother, a curious, precocious, and defiant child who becomes her responsibility during her lover's long absences. Spending their days together, they wander the city, simultaneously repelled by and drawn to each other as she tries to provide him with some kind of education. But when Edmund abandons them altogether, the amusing relationship between the narrator and her charge suddenly becomes a necessity, and she realises how much she has come to depend on the boy. Clever, wry, emotionally vulnerable, and acutely aware of her own precarious grasp on the world around her, the narrator of McGowan's novel speaks with a cutting honesty and a hilarious, twisted logic with a voice that's unique and utterly compelling.
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Very Good Condition in Very Good jacket. 1st US Edition. page blocks. Stamp on the books spine. Scuffing and rubbing to the books cover and corners. 216 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. ISBN: 1596910666. ISBN/EAN: 9781596910669. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561065196.
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Very Good. No Jacket as Issued. CC5-An advance reading copy trade paperback book in very good condition that has label on the front, lightly curled and light shelf wear. The author of the critically acclaimed Schooling returns with a darkly comic novel about an unpredictable woman intent on giving a young boy a proper education. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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