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First published in 1996, this is a powerful exploration of the mysteries and passions at the heart of family life, and the price one family paid for their father's denial of his identity. Only after his death did Louise begin slowly to discover the truth he'd been hiding and start to make sense of his past - and therefore her own.

A real-time five-hour story set in an airport cocktail lounge during a global disaster. Slowly, each reveals the truth about themselves while the world as they know it comes to an end.In the tradition of Kurt Vonnegut and J.G.

Miss Amelia Benbridge and the Earl of Ware are the most anticipated match of the Season. But Amelia's love will always belong to her childhood sweetheart, the gypsy Colin - who tragically died. She knows she'll never feel such passion again.

Fiction > Modern & contemporary fiction
Contempt - Film Ink S. (Paperback)zoom
Contempt - Film Ink S. (Paperback)
Alberto Moravia (author), Tim Parks (author of introduction)
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288 Pages
Published: 14/06/1999
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