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The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman

By Denis Theriault

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About the book

*Selected for Simon Mayo's BBC Radio 2 Book Club*Secretly steaming open envelopes and reading the letters inside, Bilodo has found an escape from his lonely and routine life as a postman. When one day he comes across a mysterious letter containing a single haiku, he finds himself avidly caught up in the relationship between a long-distance couple who write to each other using only beautiful poetry. He feasts on their words, vicariously living a life for which he longs. But it will only be a matt...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

Book details

ISBN

9781786070531

Publisher

Oneworld Publications

Published year

2017

Language

Edition

1

Original title

The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman

Format

Paperback

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The peculiar life of a lonely postman

The peculiar life of a lonely postman

Paperback · 2014

The peculiar life of a lonely postman

The peculiar life of a lonely postman

Paperback · 2015

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