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Book Description
A self-satisfied couple intent on raising a happy family is shocked by the birth of an abnormal and brutal fifth child.
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readingmatters published on Tue, 28 Sep 2010
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Ben, in the World: The Sequel to the Fifth Child By Doris Lessing
Doris Lessing's acclaimed 1988 novel The Fifth Child is the grim but compelling tale of an English family that is destroyed by the birth of a child who is a throwback to an earlier stage of human development. He, Ben, is called a goblin, a troll, a d ... (read full critics)
bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010
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- English Books
- Paperback 160 Pages
- Edition: New Ed
- ISBN-10: 0586089039
- ISBN-13: 9780586089033
- Publisher: Flamingo
- Pub date: Apr 02, 2001
- Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette and Others
- In other languages: other languages
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9780586089033 | Paperback | $12.86 | $10.31 | The Book Depository |
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'The Fifth Child' by Doris Lessing
Doris Lessing is one of those authors you know you ought to read but never do. A case in point: I've had both The Golden Notebook and The Good Terrorist in my possession for more than three years and never once cracked them open. The sheer size of th ... (read full critics)