Description
| Product ID: | 9780006543602 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Gate of Angels |
| Authors: | Author: Penelope Fitzgerald |
| Page Count: | 176 |
| Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Educational: First / native language: School editions of literature texts, School editions of English literature fiction texts |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It is 1912, and at Cambridge University the modern age is knocking at the gate. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize.It is 1912, and at Cambridge University the modern age is knocking at the gate.Fred Fairly, a Junior Fellow at the college of St Angelicus, where for centuries no female, not even a pussy cat, has been allowed to set foot, lectures in physics. Science, he is certain, will explain everything.Until into Fred’s orderly life come Daisy. Fred is smitten. Why have I met her? he wonders. How can I tell if she’s quite what she seems? Fred is a scientist. To him the truth should be everything. But even scientists make mistakes. |
| Imprint Name: | Fourth Estate Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1991-09-26 |
