Commonwealth (Paperback)

'Dazzling ... life-affirming and compulsively readable' Sunday Times 'Patchett blends wisdom and humanity jointly with the icy forensic gaze of someone not afraid to expose the frailties of human behaviour ... Read it' Jojo Moyes 'An outstanding novel ... a master of her art' Observer It is 1964: Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating's christening party uninvited and notices a heart stoppingly beautiful woman. When he kisses Beverly Keating, his host's wife, he sets in motion the joining of two families, whose shared fate will be defined on a day seven years later. In 1988, Franny Keating, now twenty-four, is working as a cocktail waitress in Chicago. When she meets the famous author Leon Posen one night at the bar, and tells him about her family, she unwittingly relinquishes control over their story...

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2017
Authors:	Ann Patchett
Dimensions:	198 x 128 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	322
ISBN-13:	978-1-4088-8036-4
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	1-4088-8036-9
Barcode:	9781408880364

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