Peck, Dale
Summary: "Written over the course of twenty-five years, the stories in What Burns examine the extremes of desire against a backdrop of family, class, and mortality. In 'Bliss', a young man befriends the convicted felon who murdered his mother when he was only a child. In 'Not Even Camping Is Like Camping Anymore', a teenage boy fends off the advances of a five-year-old his mother babysits. And in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PECHollinghurst, Alan.
Summary: 20-year-old Nick Guest moves into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens. An innocent in matters of politics and money, he becomes caught up in the Feddins' world: its grand parties, its surprising alliances, its parade of monsters both comic and menacing. In an era of endless possibility, he finds himself able to pursue his own private obssession with beauty--a prize as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2004