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ENGLEBY
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| By: |
Sebastian Faulks |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0099458276 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780099458272 |
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| Publisher: |
VINTAGE |
| Pub. date: |
27 March, 2008 |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Description: |
Mike Engleby says things that others dare not even think. In the 1970s, he is a university student, having survived a 'traditional' school. A man devoid of scruple or self-pity, Engleby provides an account of English education. Yet, beneath the disturbing surface of his observations lies an unfolding mystery of gripping power. |
| Synopsis: |
Mike Engleby says things that others dare not even think. When the novel opens in the 1970s, he is a university student, having survived a 'traditional' school. A man devoid of scruple or self-pity, Engleby provides a disarmingly frank account of English education. Yet beneath the disturbing surface of his observations lies an unfolding mystery of gripping power. One of his contemporaries unaccountably disappears, and as we follow Engleby's career, which brings us up to the present day, the reader has to ask: is Engleby capable of telling the whole truth? |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Vintage |
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