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The female of the species
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- Book Synopsis
- The first novel from the Women's Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk about Kevin is a compelling and provocative story of love and how we suffer for it.Still unattached and childless at fifty-nine, world-renowned anthropologist Gray Kaiser is seemingly invincible-and untouchable. Returning to make a documentary at the site of her first great triumph in Kenya, she is accompanied by her faithful middle-aged assistant, Errol McEchern, who has loved her for years in silence.When young graduate assistant Raphael Sarasola arrives on the scene, Gray is captivated and falls hopelessly in love-before an amazed Errol's eyes. As he follows their affair with jealous fascination, Errol watches helplessly from the sidelines as a proud and fierce woman is reduced to miserable dependence through miserable dependence.
- About The Author
- LIONEL SHRIVER'S novels include the National Book Award finalist So Much for That, the Sunday Times bestseller The Mandibles, and the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin, winner of the Orange Prize. A regular on multiple podcasts, she's written fortnightly columns for the Spectator since 2017. Her journalism has also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Harper's, TheTimes, UnHerd, the FT, The Free Press, Spiked Online and many other media outlets.She lives in Portugal and Brooklyn, New York.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780007564019
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The Borough Press, (12 February 2015)
- Number of Pages
- 495
- Weight
- 350 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 x 33 mm
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