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The Birdcage, Paperback / softback Book

The Birdcage Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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In John Bowen's The Birdcage Peter Ash and Norah Palmer have been living together for nine years.

Having never seen the point in getting married they are the epitome of a modern successful career-oriented couple; Peter is the compere for a series of 'art' films and Norah is the Script Editor for the Drama Department of a commercial television company.

Why then when holidaying in Venice does Peter decide to break up their long-lasting relationship?

What happens to their order and sense of self when he succeeds?

By turns wildly funny and frightening The Birdcage is a novel about the end of a love affair, the repercussions and the emotional fallout.

A host of brilliantly created characters people the book, including Bunty Bates the policewoman, and Edward Laverick, a playwright who finds himself the object of a hunt.

Bowen creates a world that his readers can relate to and analyses the social and psychological end of a relationship.

At times comical and tragic The Birdcage remains an original and exciting novel 44 years after its first publication in 1964.

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