A little tea, a little chat /

"New York, early 1940s. Robert Grant, a middle-aged businessman lives by his own rules. His hobbies are moneymaking and seduction; he is always on the hunt for the next woman to beguile and betray. Until he meets his match: Barbara, the 'blondine.' A sardonic commentary on sexual rela...

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Main Author: Stead, Christina, 1902-1983
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Melbourne, Australia : Text Publishing, 2016.
Series:Text classics.
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Summary:"New York, early 1940s. Robert Grant, a middle-aged businessman lives by his own rules. His hobbies are moneymaking and seduction; he is always on the hunt for the next woman to beguile and betray. Until he meets his match: Barbara, the 'blondine.' A sardonic commentary on sexual relations and war, A little tea, a little chat holds up a mirror to the cravenness of late capitalism"--Page 4 of cover.
Item Description:With introduction, The great cream pot of war, by David Malouf.
Physical Description:xii, 486 pages ; 20 cm.
ISBN:9781925355727 (trade pbk.)
1925355721 (trade pbk.)