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Eating peacocks

Vintage, Random house, 1998, uitstekend exemplaar

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Book number: 8096476

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Eating Peacocks

Vintage Books 1998 Paperback, 166pp. (ISBN: 9781869413781). Good.

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Book number: 386306

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Keywords: "Fiction, NZ"9781869413781 9781869413781

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Eating Peacocks

Vintage Books 1998 Paperback, 166pp. "Delia's body lay flat as a piece of paper, blank, as if everything on it had scurried off over the side.Delia Whittborne finds herself in a hospital bed, but can't recall how she got there, or even who she is. As her memory slowly returns, she realises it's not just her recent past and love-life she needs to make sense of, but her early childhood on her grandparents' farm and the barn with the peacocks strutting round outside.This poignant, funny novel explores the intricate influences of memory and experience, invention and deception, as the feisty but vulnerable Delia regains physical and psychological strength. Subtle and assured, Eating Peacocks marks a new development in Barbara Else's exploration of male-female relationships and family life. It displays all the quick wit and piercing irony we have come to associate with the work of one of New Zealand's most amusing and popular novelists. ", (ISBN: 9781869413781). Near Mint.

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Book number: 497118

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Keywords: "Fiction, NZ"9781869413781 9781869413781

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Eating Peacocks

Vintage 1998 Paperback. Near Mint.

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Book number: 485784

Catalogue: General

Keywords: "Fiction, NZ"

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Eating Peacocks

Auckland, Vintage, 1998, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 1869413784) 225x150mm, 166 pages, paperback. Very good condition.

-- Titles Books

Book number: 38138

Catalogue: Fiction - New Zealand

Keywords: 1869413784

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Gingerbread Husbands

Godwit 1997 Paperback. (ISBN: 9781869620165). Near Mint.

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Book number: 302003

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Keywords: "Fiction, NZ"9781869620165 9781869620165

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Gingerbread Husbands

Godwit 1997 Paperback, 260pp. "Sophie Redlove has a crumbling Gothic mansion to restore, three children to manage, a distraught friend - as well as possums in the laundry at midnight. She loves her absent husband Russell - but there's an importunate older man who's after her, a slightly sycophanic younger one, an angel and a Viking on the scene.What the hell is Russell up to? And what is the story in Sophie's gradually uncovered past that explains her dependence on those mysterious and vulnerable creatures - men? ", (ISBN: 9781869620165). Very Good.

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Book number: 499715

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Keywords: "Fiction, NZ"9781869620165 9781869620165

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Gingerbread Husbands

Godwit 1997 Paperback. Good.

-- Book Haven

Book number: 485781

Catalogue: General

Keywords: "Fiction, NZ"

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Gingerbread Husbands

Auckland, Godwit Press, 1997, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 186962016X) 200x130mm. 260 pages, paperback. Slight lean to spine, good condition.

-- Titles Books

Book number: 23365

Catalogue: Fiction - New Zealand

Keywords: 186962016X

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Gingerbread Husbands

Auckland, New Zealand, Godwit. 1997. (ISBN: 186962016x) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. NZ Fiction. Suburban comedy whose protagonist fends off almost anything from importunate men to furry animals in the laundry. Pp 260, review copy with label removed from front, a couple of paragraphs marked in margins and review by Gordon McLaughlan laid in, spine is cocked. #New Zealand Literature#. Good.

-- Ariel Books

Book number: 13190

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction_romance_general Fiction New Zealand 186962016x

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Gingerbread Husbands

Godwit 1997 Paperback, 260pp. "Sophie Redlove has a crumbling Gothic mansion to restore, three children to manage, a distraught friend - as well as possums in the laundry at midnight. She loves her absent husband Russell - but there's an importunate older man who's after her, a slightly sycophanic younger one, an angel and a Viking on the scene.What the hell is Russell up to? And what is the story in Sophie's gradually uncovered past that explains her dependence on those mysterious and vulnerable creatures - men? ", (ISBN: 9781869620165). Good.

-- Book Haven

Book number: 457842

Catalogue: General

Keywords: "Fiction, NZ"9781869620165 9781869620165

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Gingerbread Husbands

Harper Collins 1998 Paperback, 260pp. (ISBN: 0732264162). Fair.

-- Book Haven

Book number: 157135

Catalogue: General

Keywords: "Fiction, NZ"0732264162 0732264162

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Gingerbread husbands

1997. Paperback. Pp: 260. ISBN: 9781869620165. Cond./Kwaliteit: Redelijk.

-- Boekhandel De Slegte b.v.

Book number: U747065

Catalogue: Engelse literatuur

Keywords: 9781869620165

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Three Pretty Widows

Vintage 2000 Spiral, 277pp. "In the aftermath of Barnaby Rivers' death, complications arise for three beautiful women: Bella, his estranged wife, his dear friend Ruth, and wicked old Jocasta. Their contrasting attitudes to their looks have helped form three very different reactions to life, in particular their attitudes to motherhood and men. Now, suddenly, nothing can go on in the old way. Barbara Else's latest novel revels in the absurdity of everyday life. The densely layered yet delicately written story ranges from Yorkshire during World War 2 to a Down-under hillside city, from antique dealing to style and fashion, from experiments in witchery and herbalism to the magic of cosmetic surgery. In the world of the three pretty widows, life is weird and laughable, and humour can relieve even the most awful of situations. The darker undertow of the past pulls against the chaotic bumbling of the present generation as the pretty widows - and their attendant menfolk - stumble towards their destiny. Looking down and commenting on it all is Barnaby himself, not sure if he's an angel or a ghost. Uncorrected proof", (ISBN: 9781869414405). Mint.

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Book number: 800653

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Three Pretty Widows

Auckland, Vintage, 2000, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 1869414403) 195x125mm, 277 pages, paperback. Light foxing to page edges. Good condition.

-- Titles Books

Book number: 33505

Catalogue: Fiction - New Zealand

Keywords: 1869414403

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Three Pretty Widows

Vintage 2000 Paperback, 277pp. "In the aftermath of Barnaby Rivers' death, complications arise for three beautiful women: Bella, his estranged wife, his dear friend Ruth, and wicked old Jocasta. Their contrasting attitudes to their looks have helped form three very different reactions to life, in particular their attitudes to motherhood and men. Now, suddenly, nothing can go on in the old way. Barbara Else's latest novel revels in the absurdity of everyday life. The densely layered yet delicately written story ranges from Yorkshire during World War 2 to a Down-under hillside city, from antique dealing to style and fashion, from experiments in witchery and herbalism to the magic of cosmetic surgery. In the world of the three pretty widows, life is weird and laughable, and humour can relieve even the most awful of situations. The darker undertow of the past pulls against the chaotic bumbling of the present generation as the pretty widows - and their attendant menfolk - stumble towards their destiny. Looking down and commenting on it all is Barnaby himself, not sure if he's an angel or a ghost. ", (ISBN: 9781869414405). Very Good.

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Book number: 546222

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Keywords: "Fiction, NZ"9781869414405 9781869414405

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The Warrior Queen

New Zealand, Godwit. 1995. (ISBN: 0908877617) Soft Cover. 223 pp, stamped introduction page. Very Good.

-- Dee Why Books

Book number: 7017

Catalogue: Modern Literature

Keywords: Modern Literature 0908877617

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The Warrior Queen

Australia, Angus & Robertson. 1995. (ISBN: 0207188106) Soft Cover. 223 pp. shop stamp on title page MC 14427 VG, 41303 VGI. Very Good.

-- Dee Why Books

Book number: 59605M

Catalogue: Modern Literature

Keywords: General Fiction 0207188106

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The Warrior Queen

Auckland, Godwit Press. 1995, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0908877617) Card, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. pp223. Near - As New.

-- Booked

Book number: 1001919

Keywords: Fiction, New Zealand, Novel, Woman Writer 0908877617

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The Warrior Queen

Auckland, N.Z.: Godwit, 1995. Paperback. 0908877617 Reprint, some creasing, very good-used book. Very Good .

-- Robinson Street Books

Book number: BING7967001

Keywords: 0908877617

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The Warrior Queen

London, United Kingdom, Pan, 1998. 1st Pan Book Edition, Binding: Soft Cover, Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0330369474 Paperback Fair. Wear and creases to cover. This book is a brillinately subversive look at modern marraige. With her fine ear for male bluster and female bitchiness, and her subtle observations of chaotic family life, the author has created a true black comedy to entertain - and warm - readers from either of the warring camps. 223 pp.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.) .

-- The London Bookworm

Book number: 040912

Catalogue: Vintage and Collectable Out of Print PaperBacks

Keywords: Fiction/Modern Marraige

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The Warrior Queen

Vintage 1999 Paperback, 223pp. "The Warrior Queen (1995), Else?s first novel, was received with enthusiastic acclaim. Kate Wildburn takes subtle, and sometimes unsubtle, revenge on her husband Richard for his affair with another woman. He is a surgeon and the characters are all of the trendy set in Auckland, married to their possessions as much as each other. Persuaded by a counsellor that her husband?s affair can be no fault of hers, Kate sets out to embarrass him and trip him up at every turn. A series of comic events follows, rich in variety rather than insight, and both parties seem bound to a superficial level of feeling: lust on one side and hurt pride on the other. Their pursuits are interwoven with the promiscuous affairs of Kate?s sister. It is hard to sympathise with any character but easy to sense cathartic satisfaction in the practical jokes the wife succeeds in playing on her man. The book is notable for its cracking pace and sharp wit. ", (ISBN: 186941411X). Near Mint.

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Book number: 088235

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The Warrior Queen

Godwit 1995 Paperback, 223pp. Novel. (ISBN: 9780908877614). Good.

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Book number: 526330

Catalogue: General

Keywords: "Fiction, NZ"9780908877614 9780908877614

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The Warrior Queen

Godwit 1995 Paperback, 223pp. Novel. (ISBN: 9780908877614). Good.

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Book number: 526368

Catalogue: General

Keywords: "Fiction, NZ"9780908877614 9780908877614

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The Warrior Queen

Godwit 1995 Paperback, 223pp. (ISBN: 0908877617). Good.

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Book number: 283546

Catalogue: General

Keywords: "Fiction, NZ"0908877617 0908877617