Smile Please by Jonathan Keates
A novel set in post-Cool Britannia. The story centres around the complicated lives of a group of city dwellers longing to dodge the Millenium and escape to the country. The author treats his characters with satirical irony and compassion for their human weaknesses.
Jonathan Keates is a distinguished and prize-winning biographer, novelist and travel writer, and author of the biographies Handel and Purcell. He is chairman of the Venice in Peril fund and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He won both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Hawthornden Prize for his collection of short stories, Allegro Postillions (1983). Jonathan Keates is a regular contributor to the Observer (UK) and the Times Literary Supplement (UK) among a number of other publications.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780701166380 |
| ISBN 10 | 070116638X |
| Title | Smile Please |
| Author | Jonathan Keates |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2000-02-03 |
| Number of pages | 329 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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