Switchboard Operators by Carol Lake

Switchboard Operators by Carol Lake

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A collection of short stories based around a switchboard, by the winner of the 1989 "Guardian" fiction prize. They describe the days in the 1960s when telephone operators saved marriages, and taught the local peer some manners by connecting him to the waterworks so he couldn't phone his bookie.

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Switchboard Operators by Carol Lake

A collection of short stories based around a switchboard, by the winner of the 1989 "Guardian" fiction prize. They describe the days in the 1960s when telephone operators saved marriages, and taught the local peer some manners by connecting him to the waterworks so he couldn't phone his bookie.
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ISBN 13 9780747517115
ISBN 10 0747517118
Title Switchboard Operators
Author Carol Lake
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 1994-10-25
Number of pages 220
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.