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A Modern Classics Month in the Country

Paperback • 2014 • English

A Modern Classics Month in the Country

By J L Carr

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About the book

'Tender and elegant' Guardian 'Unlike anything else in modern English literature' D.J. Taylor, Spectator A damaged survivor of the First World War, Tom Birkin finds refuge in the quiet village church of Oxgodby where he is to spend the summer uncovering a huge medieval wall-painting. Immersed in the peace and beauty of the countryside and the unchanging rhythms of village life he experiences a sense of renewal and belief in the future. Now an old man, Birkin looks back on the idyllic summer of ...Show more

Espionage and spy thriller

Book details

ISBN

9780141182308

Publisher

National Geographic Books

Published year

2014

Language

English

Original title

A Modern Classics Month in the Country

Format

Paperback

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