The Grown-Ups by Victoria Glendinning

The Grown-Ups by Victoria Glendinning

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A hugely readable story of sexual intrigue, vanity, nemesis and unexpected death

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The Grown-Ups by Victoria Glendinning

'There are no grown-ups.' Everyone in this wickedly entertaining novel, whatever their age, bullies or deceives or adores someone else, in the merciless playgrounds of London flats, country villages, television studios and conferences. At the centre of it all is Leo Ulm, social scientist and media guru, who magnetizes his wives, lovers and friends with his fading brilliance. He obsesses them all, including clear-eyed Clara, though she may often wish he were dead. The god of his own universe, Leo is monstrously vain and arrogant - until something happens which leaves all the women in his life in shock. Then, perhaps, Clara begins to grow up….
Victoria Glendinning is the award-winning biographer of Elizabeth Bowen, Leonard Woolf, Anthony Trollope, Edith Sitwell, Vita Sackville-West, Rebecca West and Jonathan Swift. Her novels, The Grown-Ups, Electricity and Flight, were critical and commercial successes. She divides her time between London, Provence and Ireland.
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ISBN 13 9780743232180
ISBN 10 0743232186
Titre The Grown-Ups
Auteur Victoria Glendinning
État Non disponible
Type de reliure Paperback
Éditeur Simon & Schuster
Année de publication 2003-10-06
Nombre de pages 320
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