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MODERN FICTION. Robin, a postgrad student in Coventry, has spent four and a half years not writing his thesis. He and his academic colleagues, united by pallor, social ineptitude and sexual inexperience, once spent hours discussing their theories, but they somehow never made it into print. Now his unfinished thesis languishes in a drawer, and Robin hides in his room, increasingly frightened by a world he doesn't understand. His friends have failed him and romance eludes him. His only outlet is his short stories, scribbled in notebooks and expressing his secret obsessions and frustrations. Then, when an unfortunate and embarassing incident in a public park lands him in serious trouble, Robin's life finally spirals out of control.
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A Touch of Love, Jonathan Coe
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- Released
- 2000
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- Title
- A Touch of Love
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jonathan Coe
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Released
- 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN10
- 0140294910
- ISBN13
- 9780140294910
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Romance, Love, Contemporary Fiction, Friendship, Contemporary Romance, 20th century, British Literature, England, English Literature, University Novel
- First published
- 1989
- Original title
- A Touch of Love
- Rating
- 3.2 out of 5
- Description
- MODERN FICTION. Robin, a postgrad student in Coventry, has spent four and a half years not writing his thesis. He and his academic colleagues, united by pallor, social ineptitude and sexual inexperience, once spent hours discussing their theories, but they somehow never made it into print. Now his unfinished thesis languishes in a drawer, and Robin hides in his room, increasingly frightened by a world he doesn't understand. His friends have failed him and romance eludes him. His only outlet is his short stories, scribbled in notebooks and expressing his secret obsessions and frustrations. Then, when an unfortunate and embarassing incident in a public park lands him in serious trouble, Robin's life finally spirals out of control.