Arcadia by Jim Crace

Arcadia by Jim Crace

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A novel on the theme of city life set in the present day and looking back over 80 years. Crace's earlier novels have "The Guardian" Fiction Prize, the David Higham Prize, the Whitbread First Novel and the Chianti Ruffino prize in Italy.

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Arcadia by Jim Crace

Victor, an eighty-year-old multimillionaire, surveys his empire from the remoteness of his cloud-capped penthouse. Expensively insulated from the outside world, he nonetheless finds that memories of his impoverished childhood will not be kept so easily at bay. Focusing on the one area of vitality and chaos that remains in the streets below him, he formulates a plan to leave a mark on the city - one as indelible and disruptive as the mark the city left on him.
This is Jim Crace's third novel. Continent won the Whitbread First Novel prize, the Guardian fiction prize and the David Highmam Prize. Both that and The Gift of Stones, his second novel, have been translated into most of the major European languages.
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ISBN 13 9780224026925
ISBN 10 0224026925
Title Arcadia
Author Jim Crace
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 1992-03-19
Number of pages 346
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.