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This book offers a comprehensive introduction to Booker Prize-winning novelist Graham Swift. Detailed analysis of his work provides an informative, lucid and accessible insight into the writing of one of Britain's most significant contemporary authors. -- .

Table of Contents

Series editor’s foreword
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction: Lost in transmission
2. 'The Sweet Shop Owner' (1980)
3. 'Shuttlecock' (1981) and 'Learning to Swim and Other Stories' (1982)
4. 'Waterland' (1983)
5. 'Out of this World' (1988)
6. 'Ever After' (1992)
7. 'Last Orders' (1996)
8. 'The Light of Day' (2003)
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index

Graham Swift

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719068379, 978-0719068379
      ISBN10: 0719068371

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book offers a comprehensive introduction to Booker Prize-winning novelist Graham Swift. Detailed analysis of his work provides an informative, lucid and accessible insight into the writing of one of Britain's most significant contemporary authors. -- .

      Table of Contents

      Series editor’s foreword
      Acknowledgements
      List of abbreviations
      1. Introduction: Lost in transmission
      2. 'The Sweet Shop Owner' (1980)
      3. 'Shuttlecock' (1981) and 'Learning to Swim and Other Stories' (1982)
      4. 'Waterland' (1983)
      5. 'Out of this World' (1988)
      6. 'Ever After' (1992)
      7. 'Last Orders' (1996)
      8. 'The Light of Day' (2003)
      Notes
      Select Bibliography
      Index

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