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The High Flyer

Nicholas Shakespeare

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English
Vintage
01 February 2005
'The Vision of Elena Silves was almost too precociously good. The High Flyer rolls back the doors of the Shakespearian bunker to reveal the arsenal within. It's a very good novel' - William Boyd

Thomas Wavery is the new Consul General at Abyla on the tip of North Africa. A career diplomat, Wavery was once a high flyer, but an affair with a younger woman has dashed his dreams of ambassadorship. He arrives in Abyla with his wife suing for divorce, his passport stolen by a Gibraltarian ape and precious little enthusiasm for the task ahead. His one hope of redemption is a visit from his new love.
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Imprint:   Vintage
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 197mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 24mm
Weight:   269g
ISBN:   9780099466185
ISBN 10:   009946618X
Pages:   320
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Recommended Age:   From 0 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for The High Flyer

He tells a story like an angel... Wonderful Observer A deeply satisfying book. I feel quite exceptionally inclined to read it all over again -- Rosemary Stoyle Literary Review Shakespeare has completed a richly detailed, remarkably complete imaginary world The Times His lyricism is all his own and he raises his lovers to a plateau of passion where Greene never ventured Sunday Telegraph Wavery's story has a lyric simplicity and an emotional subtlety that are moving, involving and beautifully observed Independent


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