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The Game

A S Byatt

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English
Vintage
01 December 1992
Reissued with a beautiful new illustrative cover. The bond between two sisters becomes strained when a mutual love from their past comes back into their lives

Cassandra is an Oxford don; Julia, her sister, a bestselling novelist. They share a set of disturbing memories of a strange childhood game and of Simon, the handsome young neighbour who loved them both.

Years later Simon re-enters their lives via a television programme on snakes and intrudes into their uneasy compromise of mutual antagonism and distrust. The old, wild emotions surge back, demanding and urgent, and this time the game is played out to a fatal finish.
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Imprint:   Vintage
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   214g
ISBN:   9780099998402
ISBN 10:   0099998408
Pages:   240
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for The Game

A childhood game that magnetized sisters Cassandra and Julia serves as potent metaphor for their uneasy adult relationship. Cassandra, now an Oxford don lives a life of seclusion in contrast to blithe spirit Julia, a prize-winning novelist lost in the distractions of the media circus. Old and bitter rivalries resurface when Simon, a former beau who had unwisely made a fleeting guest appearance in their dark familial drama many years earlier, suddenly crops up on the television. They seek him out again, like hunting rapturs. (Kirkus UK)


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