Pheasant-shooting on the Wiltshire downs; East-West conflict in a Berlin night club; infighting in city boardrooms; and sexual skirmishing in the Kensington outback, on the fringes of Winkhill golf club and in a smart Basque resort are some of the elements of this novel. The story concerns the Whale family: Hervey, a less than brilliant Tory Minister; his father, an amiable retired Brigadier; his vague wife Cynthia, and their son George, a young man working in a merchant bank. The Whales are solid, passive and prone to ...
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Pheasant-shooting on the Wiltshire downs; East-West conflict in a Berlin night club; infighting in city boardrooms; and sexual skirmishing in the Kensington outback, on the fringes of Winkhill golf club and in a smart Basque resort are some of the elements of this novel. The story concerns the Whale family: Hervey, a less than brilliant Tory Minister; his father, an amiable retired Brigadier; his vague wife Cynthia, and their son George, a young man working in a merchant bank. The Whales are solid, passive and prone to daydreams but their respectable fa???ade threatens to crumble when external forces infiltrate their family unit. Very Like a Whale, Ferdinand Mount's first novel, displays quiet wit and elegance as he explores the underlying theme of power in personal relations.
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp.189. Fiction: a novel concerning the Whale family "pheasant-shooting on the Wiltshire downs; East-West conflict in a Berlin nightclub; in-fighting in City boardrooms; and sexual skirmishing in the Kensington outback..." Jacket design by Alan Ball showing caricatures of British 'types. ' Publisher's own retained copy with their stamp on the free endpaper reading 'Weidenfield Library. ' Very good indeed in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket very slightly nicked at edges, but complete.
Add this copy of Very Like a Whale to cart. $72.83, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Faber and Faber.
