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A week in December / Sebastian Faulks.

By: Publication details: London : Vintage , c2009.Description: 392 p. ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 9780099599883
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: This is a powerful contemporary novel set in London. The central anti-hero, John Veals, is a shadily successful and boundlessly ambitious Dickensian character who is trading billions. The tentacles of Veals' influence encompass newspaper columnists, MPs, business men, footballers, a female tube driver, a Scottish convert to Islam, a disaffected teenager, and a care worker, whose different perspectives build up a tale of woe, family and money as the story builds to its powerful climax.
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Paperbacks Hanover Public Library Shelves PB FIC FAUL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906001017897

This is a powerful contemporary novel set in London. The central anti-hero, John Veals, is a shadily successful and boundlessly ambitious Dickensian character who is trading billions. The tentacles of Veals' influence encompass newspaper columnists, MPs, business men, footballers, a female tube driver, a Scottish convert to Islam, a disaffected teenager, and a care worker, whose different perspectives build up a tale of woe, family and money as the story builds to its powerful climax.

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