Barbara Trapido
A Collection of Novels by Barbara Trapido
London, Hamish Hamilton; Bloomsbury, 1994-2010. First edition. Cloth. A collection of four smart first edition volumes from British novelist Barbara Trapido. Four volumes. First edition, first impression. Written by Barbara Louise Trapido, a British novelist born in South Africa with German, Danish and Dutch ancestry. This set contains: Juggling, 1994. A sequel to her 1990 novel Temples of Delight, with the character Alice now a parent to Christina and her adopted sister Pam who could not be more different. The Travelling Hornplayer, 1998. Ellen's sister Lydia is knocked down outside Jonathan Goldman's flat whilst he is on a train to his Oxfordshire home. Shifting from city to city, this novel is peopled with characters whose lives become twisted together. Frankie & Stankie, 2003. Dinah and her sister Lisa are growing up in 1950s South Africa, where racial laws are tightening. This novel follows Dinah's journey through childhood and adolescence in one of the darker passages of the twentieth-century. Sex & Stravinsky, 2010. Set in 1995, brilliant Australian Caroline can command everyone except her ghoulish mother, which means that things are becoming difficult for her husband and young daughter. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are very smart with light wear to the extremities. The original price wrap to Juggling. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.

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Keywords: Trapido Juggling Travelling Hornplayer Juggling Stravinsky None