The Needle's Eye by Dame Margaret Drabble

The Needle's Eye by Dame Margaret Drabble

Simon Camish, an embittered, diffident lawyer in a loveless marriage, would not have particularly noticed Rose Vassiliou had he not been asked to drive her home one night after a dinner party. Yet at one time she had been notorious-her name constantly in the news.
Now, separated from her Greek husband, she lives alone with her three children. Despite all the efforts and sneers of her friends, she refuses to move from her slum house in a decaying neighborhood to which she has become attached. Gradually, Simon becomes aware that Rose is a woman of remarkable integrity and courage. He is drawn into her affairs when her husband takes legal action to reopen the question of custody of the children-a scheme for getting his wife back. And, while the precise nature of their ties eludes him, Simon comes to realize that Rose and her Greek ex-husband are forever and inextricably bound to each other.

Margaret Drabble is the author of several novels, including The Sea Lady, The Seven Sisters, The Peppered Moth, and The Needle's Eye. She is the editor of the fifth and sixth editions of The Oxford Companion to English Literature, and has published biographies of Arnold Bennett and Angus Wilson. She was awarded a Dame of the British Empire in 2008 for her contributions to current English writing.

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ISBN 13	9780156029353
ISBN 10	0156029359
Title	The Needle's Eye
Author	Dame Margaret Drabble
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Harper Perennial
Year published	2004-10-01
Number of pages	427
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