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By: Publication details: London : Virago, 2009.Description: 339 p. ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781844085507 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PS3568.O3125
Summary: Jack Boughton - prodigal son - has been gone 20 years. He returns home seeking refuge and to make peace with the past. A bad boy from childhood, an alcoholic who cannot hold down a job, Jack is perpetually at odds with his surroundings and with his traditionalist father. His sister Glory has also returned to care for their dying father.
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Originally published: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; London: Virago, 2008.

Jack Boughton - prodigal son - has been gone 20 years. He returns home seeking refuge and to make peace with the past. A bad boy from childhood, an alcoholic who cannot hold down a job, Jack is perpetually at odds with his surroundings and with his traditionalist father. His sister Glory has also returned to care for their dying father.

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