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The Boarding House

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

The Boarding House

By William Trevor

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About the book

The Boarding House by William Trevor - a darkly comic novel by one of the world's best writersWilliam Bird has always taken in boarders who are on the fringes of society: the petty conman, the immigrant who's never been able to fit in, the blustering officer who really doesn't know what's what , and the just plain lonely. He's built a unique place with a unique atmosphere. But then he realizes he's dying, and he decides to leave the place to the two tenants likely to cause the greatest amount of...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9780241969274

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published year

2014

Language

Edition

1

Original title

The Boarding House

Format

Paperback

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