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An absorbing novel about a young man's voyage into adulthood, enlivened by Mary McCarthy's needling wit. You have to go away to understand home, you have to lose yourself to find yourself; Mary McCarthy's insight into her young hero - his awkward growing-up, his efforts to understand his time and place - create an authentic and thoughtful slice of cultural history. Hilary Mantel, Booker prize-winning author of 'Wolf Hall' and 'Bring Up the Bodies'
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Birds of America, Mary McCarthy
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- Released
- 2018
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- Title
- Birds of America
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Mary McCarthy
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Released
- 2018
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 024198341X
- ISBN13
- 9780241983416
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, American Literature, Series
- Rating
- 3.5 out of 5
- Description
- An absorbing novel about a young man's voyage into adulthood, enlivened by Mary McCarthy's needling wit. You have to go away to understand home, you have to lose yourself to find yourself; Mary McCarthy's insight into her young hero - his awkward growing-up, his efforts to understand his time and place - create an authentic and thoughtful slice of cultural history. Hilary Mantel, Booker prize-winning author of 'Wolf Hall' and 'Bring Up the Bodies'