House of Windows
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2015
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Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-32153-7 (ISBN)
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-32153-7 (ISBN)
'The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers-by to come and love us.' Robert Louis Stevenson
Nick hates it when people call him a genius. And, secretly, he only works hard to get some kind of attention from his workaholic father.
Not that his strategy is working.
'The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers-by to come and love us.' Robert Louis Stevenson
Nick hates it when people call him a genius. Sure, he's going to Cambridge University aged 15, but he says that's just because he works hard. And, secretly, he only works hard to get some kind of attention from his workaholic father.
Not that his strategy is working.
When he arrives at Cambridge, he finds the work hard and socialising even harder. Until, that is, he starts to cox for the college rowing crew and all hell breaks loose...
Nick hates it when people call him a genius. And, secretly, he only works hard to get some kind of attention from his workaholic father.
Not that his strategy is working.
'The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers-by to come and love us.' Robert Louis Stevenson
Nick hates it when people call him a genius. Sure, he's going to Cambridge University aged 15, but he says that's just because he works hard. And, secretly, he only works hard to get some kind of attention from his workaholic father.
Not that his strategy is working.
When he arrives at Cambridge, he finds the work hard and socialising even harder. Until, that is, he starts to cox for the college rowing crew and all hell breaks loose...
A British-American citizen of Italian heritage, Alexia is an editor, teacher and writing consultant. After studying psychology then educational technology at Cambridge, she moved to New York to work on a Tony-award-winning Broadway show before completing a PhD and teaching qualification. In between, she worked as a West End script-critic, box-office manager for a music festival and executive editor of a human rights journal. House of Windows is her second book.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.8.2015 |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
Gewicht | 267 g |
Themenwelt | Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Jugendbücher ab 12 Jahre |
ISBN-10 | 0-571-32153-4 / 0571321534 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-571-32153-7 / 9780571321537 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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