The idea of perfection
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Published
New York : Viking, 2002.
Format
Books
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
401 pages ; 22 cm.
Status
Plaistow Public Library
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Published
New York : Viking, 2002.
Edition
1st American ed.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Originally published: Sydney : Picador, 1999.
Description
Published to great acclaim in Britain, Kate Grenville's fifth novel, The Idea of Perfection, recently won the Orange Prize, Britain's most valuable literary award. Set in the eccentric little backwater of Karakarook, New South Wales, pop. 1374, it tells the story of Douglas Cheesman, a shy, gawky engineer with jug-handle ears, and Harley Savage, a large, rawboned, plain woman who is a part-time museum curator. Harley has come to Karakarook to help the town build a heritage museum; Douglas is there to pull down the quaint old Bent Bridge, and from day one, they're on a collision course. Both characters carry a hidden cargo of guilt along with the memories of failed marriages, but out of this unpromising conjunction of opposites, something unexpected happens: something even better than perfection.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Grenville, K. (2002). The idea of perfection (1st American ed.). Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Grenville, Kate, 1950-. 2002. The Idea of Perfection. Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Grenville, Kate, 1950-. The Idea of Perfection Viking, 2002.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Grenville, Kate. The Idea of Perfection 1st American ed., Viking, 2002.
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