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Five miles from outer hope

Paperback • 2001 • English • 1. edition

Five miles from outer hope

By Nicola Barker

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About the book

It.s summer of 1981. You.re stuck in a semi-derelict art-deco hotel on a tiny island off the South coast of Devon. You.re sixteen years old and six foot three inches tall. You have a clitoris the size of a Jersey Royal. There.s nothing to do but paint Margaret Thatcher mugs to supplement the meagre family income and dream of literary murderer Jack Henry Abbot. Until a ginger stranger arrives, stinking of antiseptic. An instant classic of teenage self-discovery. Five Miles From Outer Hope is an u...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

Book details

ISBN

9780571205950

Publisher

Faber & Faber

Published year

2001

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Five miles from outer hope

Format

Paperback

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