Very Like a Whale Paperback / softback
by Ferdinand Mount
Paperback / softback
Description
Pheasant-shooting on the Wiltshire downs; East-West conflict in a Berlin night club; infighting in city boardrooms; and sexual skirmishing in the Kensington outback, on the fringes of Winkhill golf club and in a smart Basque resort are some of the elements of this novel.
The story concerns the Whale family: Hervey, a less than brilliant Tory Minister; his father, an amiable retired Brigadier; his vague wife Cynthia, and their son George, a young man working in a merchant bank.
The Whales are solid, passive and prone to daydreams but their respectable façade threatens to crumble when external forces infiltrate their family unit.
Very Like a Whale, Ferdinand Mount's first novel, displays quiet wit and elegance as he explores the underlying theme of power in personal relations.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:190 pages
- Publisher:Faber & Faber
- Publication Date:21/01/2010
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- ISBN:9780571259106
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:190 pages
- Publisher:Faber & Faber
- Publication Date:21/01/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780571259106