Michaelmas term, 1940. 18-year-old John Kemp has come down from Lancashire to Oxford University to begin his scholarship studying English. But when he invents an imaginary sister to win the attention of a rich but unreliable 'friend', and then falls in love for real, undergraduate life becomes its own strange, complex world . 'The best-loved English poet of the past 100 years.' Sunday Times'Absolutely contemporary – perhaps even prophetic.' Joyce Carol Oates'Remarkable . A book about innocence.' Simon Garfield'A cryptic literary manifesto [about] discovering a literary personality, and the consolation art can provide.' Andrew Motion
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9780571268115 ● Publisher Faber & Faber ● Published 2012 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2609381 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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