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Gerontius

Gerontius

by JamesHamilton-Paterson (Author)

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    Paperback 2017

    $3.49
Synopsis

Nearing the end of his career, an impulsive Sir Edward Elgar decides to travel by ship to Brazil, where he encounters a woman from his past. Based on true events, Gerontius is a modern classic, and takes the great composer out of his depths in this beautiful, episodic, mysterious novel set in 1923.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 400
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Faber Fiction
Published: 02 Mar 2017
ISBN 10: 0571314015
ISBN 13: 9780571314010
Book Overview: James Hamilton-Paterson's much-loved award-winning debut novel at last back in print, based on the life of Elgar.

Author Bio
James Hamilton-Paterson is the author of the bestselling Empire of the Clouds, which was hailed as a classic account of the golden age of British aviation. He won a Whitbread Prize for his first novel, Gerontius, and among his many other celebrated books are Seven-Tenths, one of the finest books written in recent times about the oceans, the satirical trilogy that began with Cooking with Fernet Branca, and the autobiographical Playing With Water.