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Down In The City

by Elizabeth Harrower
Down In The City
  • ISBN-13: 9781922147042
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Harrower
  • Subject: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)|modern fiction
  • Publisher: Text Publishing Company
  • Imprint: Text Publishing Company
  • Publication Date: 06-05-2014
  • Format: p/b

Availability: In stock

£8.99
Esther Prescott has seen little of life outside her wealthy family's Rose Bay mansion - until flashy Stan Peterson comes roaring up the drive in his huge American car and barges into her life. Within a fortnight they are living in his Kings Cross (Sydney) flat. This story of a troubled and obsessive marriage, set against the backdrop of postwar Sydney, is devastating. First published in 1957, Down In The City announced Elizabeth Harrower as a major Australian writer.
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Esther Prescott has seen little of life outside her wealthy family's Rose Bay mansion - until flashy Stan Peterson comes roaring up the drive in his huge American car and barges into her life. Within a fortnight they are living in his Kings Cross (Sydney) flat. This story of a troubled and obsessive marriage, set against the backdrop of postwar Sydney, is devastating. First published in 1957, Down In The City announced Elizabeth Harrower as a major Australian writer.

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