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First Vintage Contemporaries edition |
| Descript |
ix, 301 Seiten 21 cm |
| Note |
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction, Winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize, A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year |
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"The Van Meters have gathered at their family retreat on the island of Waskeke to celebrate the marriage of daughter Daphne to the impeccably appropriate Greyson Duff. The weekend is full of champagne, salt air, and practiced bonhomie, but long-buried discontent and simmering lust stir beneath the surface. Winn Van Meter, father of the bride, is preoccupied by his mysterious exclusion from an island golf club and tormented by an inappropriate crush on a beguiling bridesmaid. Sister of the bride Livia - recently heartbroken by the son of her father's greatest rival - is a too-ready target for the wiles of the best man. When old resentments, a beached whale, and an escaped lobster are added to the mix, the wedding that should have gone off with military precision threatens to become a spectacle of misbehavior." Klappentext |
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"Winn Van Meter is heading for his family's retreat on the pristine New England island of Waskeke. Normally a haven of calm, for the next three days this sanctuary will be overrun by tipsy revelers as Winn prepares for the marriage of his daughter Daphne to the affable young scion Greyson Duff. Winn's wife, Biddy, has planned the wedding with military precision, but arrangements are sideswept by a storm of salacious misbehavior and intractable lust: Daphne's sister, Livia, who has recently had her heart broken by Teddy Fenn, the son of her father's oldest rival, is an eager target for the seductive wiles of Greyson's best man; Winn, instead of reveling in his patriarchal duties, is tormented by his long-standing crush on Daphne's beguiling bridesmaid Agatha; and the bride and groom find themselves presiding over a spectacle of misplaced desire, marital infidelity, and monumental loss of faith in the rituals of American life"--Provided by publisher |
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Bröllop
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Sällskapsliv
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Traditioner
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Romaner
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Familjeskildringar
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Fiktionale Darstellung.
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Weddings / Fiction
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Manners and customs
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Weddings
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New England / Social life and customs / Fiction
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New England
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Fiction
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| Classmark |
HV 98000
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9780307743954 häftad |
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