Out of This World
Author(s): Graham Swift
Hardback fiction | Literary Fiction
"A disturbing and memorable novel, in which public happenings and private thoughts and relationships are relentlessly intertwined -- the best kind of novel."- The Globe and Mail "Not a book the reader is likely to forget, Out of This World--deserves to be ranked at the forefront of contemporary fiction." - The New York Times Book Review "In unravelling the unhappy lives of members of the Beech family, the grandfather a war hero, the son a celebrated photo-journalist, the granddaughter estranged and undergoing analysis, the plot embraces the history of this century's warfare and the attempts of individuals to escape the legacy of their past.... A moving and painful saga." - Sunday Times (U.K.) "Serious and interesting... Out of This World is asking Swift's characteristically painful, intelligent, difficult questions about the world." - The Observer (U.K.) "Graham Swift is a writer of extraordinary power." - San Francisco Chronicle "Powerful and exciting...intense as a thriller." - The London Times
Pages browned
Product Information
General Fields
- :
- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Viking
- : 45359200.0
- : 01 March 1988
- : 1 Inches X 1 Inches X 1 Inches
- : books
Special Fields
- : Graham Swift
- : Hardback with dustjacket
- : 1st edition
- : very good
- : 207