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Purity

Paperback • 2016 • English • 1. edition

Purity

By Jonathan Franzen

10 Ratings • 4.0 of 5

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About the book

The Sunday Times bestseller from the author of Freedom and The CorrectionsPip Tyler doesn't know who she is. She knows that her real name is Purity, that she's saddled with student debt and a reclusive mother, but there are few clues as to who her father is or how she'll ever have a normal life. Then she meets Andreas Wolf - internet outlaw, charismatic provocateur, a man who deals in secrets and might just be able to help her solve the mystery of her origins.

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Narrative theme: Identity / belonging

Book details

ISBN

9780007532780

Publisher

HarperCollins

Published year

2016

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Purity

Format

Paperback

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