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 renowned and award-winning biographer, novelist, and travel writer, as well as the author of the Handel and Purcell biographies. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the head of the Venice in Peril fund. For his collection of short stories Allegro Postillions (1983), he received both the James Tait Black Memorial Award and the Hawthornden Prize. Jonathan Keates writes for a variety of periodicals, including the Observer and the Times Literary Supplement in the United Kingdom.
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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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