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Book Description
A love story. A gamble. A battle. Let the games begin.
It's an era of looming war, and the erosion of freedom in the name of national security. A time of high art and big business, trashy spectacles and financial disasters. Celebrities are hounded by journalists, who serve up private passions along Continue
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guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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Life Mask By Emma Donoghue
Usually it's the diva author who breezes in late for an interview. This time it's the interviewer, offering a multitude of apologies, who calls 40 minutes late. In the face of myriad technical difficulties, Irish novelist Emma Donoghue couldn't be mo ... (read full critics)
bookpage published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010
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A superb historical novel
I loved this book. Most of the characters are actual historical persons; they are depicted in such a way that they really come alive. You get a good feel of what it must have been like to live in "the World"(aka the beau monde) of 18th century English society.
Linda Wilke said on May 7, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9780748133475 | eBook | $14.56 | -- | The Book Depository |
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Life Mask by Emma Donoghue 368pp, Virago, £14.99 Emma Donoghue's last novel, Slammerkin, was set in the low circles of servants and prostitutes in 1760s London. In Life Mask she advances a couple of decades and up many rungs of the social ladder to p ... (read full critics)