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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die Pt. 4
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Set in the bleak Fen Country of East Anglia, and spanning some 240 years in the lives of its haunted narrator and his ancestors, Waterland is a book that takes in eels and incest, ale-making and madness, the heartless sweep of history and a family romance as tormented as any in Greek tragedy.
"Waterland, like the Hardy novels, carries with all else a profound knowledge of a people, a place, and their interweaving.... Swift tells his tale with wonderful contemporary verve and verbal felicity.... A fine and original work."--Los Angeles Times
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Manufacturer: Vintage
Release date: 31 March 1992
ISBN-10 : 0679739793 | ISBN-13: 9780679739791
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Release date: 31 March 1992
ISBN-10 : 0679739793 | ISBN-13: 9780679739791
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