Veronica (Paperback, Main - Classic edition)

Alison and Veronica meet amid the nocturnal glamour of 1980s New York: one is a former modelling sensation, stumbling away from the wreck of her career, the other an eccentric middle-aged proofreader with a meticulous eye. Over the next twenty years their friendship will encompass narcissism and tenderness, exploitation and self-sacrifice, love and mortality. Moving seamlessly between the glamorous and gritty '80s, when beauty and style gave licence to excess, and the broken world of the decade's survivors twenty years later, Gaitskill casts a fierce yet compassionate eye on the two eras and their fixations. Veronica masterfully evokes the fragility and mystery of human relationships in a world where love is rife with frightening artificiality. Evocative, raw and entirely unique, Veronica was shortlisted for the prestigious 2005 National Book Award in the USA.

General

Imprint:	Serpent's Tail
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Serpent's Tail Classics
Release date:	December 2016
First published:	2005
Authors:	Mary Gaitskill
Dimensions:	198 x 128 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	272
Edition:	Main - Classic edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-78125-592-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	1-78125-592-X
Barcode:	9781781255926

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