Orphaned at a cruelly young age by the death of both parents, diminutive Hugo Dinsmore goes to live with brutish country relatives. It is there that he is drawn into the entourage of the Eggman, a local gangster, before breaking free in his own spectacular but hazardous fashion.
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"Ireland's best living novelist." -Eamonn Sweeney --Eamonn Sweeney
L'autore:
Maurice Leitch was born in County Antrim and educated in Belfast. His first novel, The Liberty Lad, was published un 1965, followed by Poor Lazarus, winner of the 1969 Guardian Fiction Prize. Silver's City won the Whitbread Prize for Fiction in 1981. He has also written radio plays, short stories, television screenplays and documentaries. He lives in North London with his family.
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- EditoreMartin Secker & Warburg Ltd
- Data di pubblicazione2001
- ISBN 10 0436404036
- ISBN 13 9780436404030
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine352
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