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The 'People in Glass Houses' work for an American-based concern devoted to 'inflicting improvement' the world over.

Amongst them are sloppy but erudite Algie Wyatt, Swoboda, a Slav DP, who finally rebels against a daily inflow of documentation; modest Ashmole-Brown, whose surprise best-seller unseats Sadie Graine, the all-time corridor fixer; Jaspersen, who falls in and out of love with the Organization; and Clelia Kinslake, who meets the most critical non-crisis of her career in Crete.

Shirley Hazzard's eight dazzling stories are linked by a scorching contempt for the Organization.

People In Glass Houses

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    A Paperback / softback by Shirley Hazzard

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      Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
      Publication Date: 02/03/2006
      ISBN13: 9781844082186, 978-1844082186
      ISBN10: 1844082180
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The 'People in Glass Houses' work for an American-based concern devoted to 'inflicting improvement' the world over.

      Amongst them are sloppy but erudite Algie Wyatt, Swoboda, a Slav DP, who finally rebels against a daily inflow of documentation; modest Ashmole-Brown, whose surprise best-seller unseats Sadie Graine, the all-time corridor fixer; Jaspersen, who falls in and out of love with the Organization; and Clelia Kinslake, who meets the most critical non-crisis of her career in Crete.

      Shirley Hazzard's eight dazzling stories are linked by a scorching contempt for the Organization.

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