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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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Melbourne, Australia :
Text Publishing,
2016.
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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. |
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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.) |