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Instructions for a heatwave

Paperback • 2013 • English • 1. edition

Instructions for a heatwave

By Maggie O'Farrell

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About the book

A story of a dysfunctional but deeply loveable family reunited, INSTRUCTIONS FOR A HEATWAVE by Maggie O'Farrell already feels like a contemporary classic. It was shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Novel Award and was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller.It's July 1976. In London, it hasn't rained for months, gardens are filled with aphids, water comes from a standpipe, and Robert Riordan tells his wife Gretta that he's going round the corner to buy a newspaper. He doesn't come back. The search for Rob...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

Book details

ISBN

9780755358793

Publisher

Vigmostad & Bjørke AS (VB Import)

Published year

2013

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Instructions for a heatwave

Format

Paperback

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