Short History Of A Prince by Jane Hamilton
Walter McCloud was constantly eclipsed by those around him - his beautiful, talented friends, his flamboyant relatives, his golden-boy brother, Daniel. He was always the outsider, never the star. But the summer of 1972 was a turning point in the life of fifteen-year-old Walter. It was the time when he realized that his great passion for dance would never be matched by his talent; the time when he discovered the funny agony of first love' and the time when he watched his brother declining into a cruel, untimely death. It is only when, twenty-four years later, Walter returns to fight for the survival of his childhood Eden, his family's lakeside summer home, that he finally discovers a way to reconcile himself to the past in a way that gives hope for the future.
"A moving, eloquent novel about the subtleties of family relationships" Mail on Sunday "Funny, thoughtful and exhilarating." Harpers & Queen "This compelling novel deserves great acclaim ... Witty, transcendent, brilliant." Red "Vivid and moving, and often very funny." -- Kate Atkinson "Jane Hamilton is one of a handful of great American novelists - all women - to have emerged in the past decade ... One of the most profound writers we now have." The Times
Jane Hamilton's first novel, the prizewinning The Book of Ruth, was selected for Oprah Winfrey's influential Book Club, as was her second novel, A Map of the World. Her most recent work, The Short History of a Prince, was shortlisted for the Orange Prize. Her new novel is Disobedience. She lives on an apple farm in Wisconsin.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780552998017 |
| ISBN 10 | 055299801X |
| Title | Short History Of A Prince |
| Author | Jane Hamilton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 1999-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Orange Prize for Fiction 1999 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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