About this title: Hurtle Duffield is incapable of loving anything except his art. The people who court him are, above all, the victims of his art. He dissects their weaknesses with cruel precision - his sister's deformity and the passionate illusions of such women as the heiress Boo Davenport.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780670747399ISBN:0670747394
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 567 p. Previous Owner's Inscription. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Edition Unstated
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Avon
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780380003242ISBN:0380003244
Description: Good. As issued No Jacket. Spine curl, corner bu7mps, soilling to the covers, pages and covers are age toned, spine is sunned a bit, corner and hanlding creases to both covers, and other light to moderate shopwear. read more
Description: New. A Brand New Copy. Never Read. Buy with confidence from an Independent Bookstore where the owners, a husband and wife team, have over 30 years of combined bookselling experience. read more
Description: Acceptable. Ships from the UK. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth Cover
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Date Published: 1970
Description: Good+ in Good jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall; Good+/Good condition. Light edgewear on dj., dj. in protective brodart. DJ. flaps are taped to inside bds, small tape stain on back page. Book has a slight wobble in spine, but nice and square. Pages have light consistent age-toning yet clean and tight, unmarked. Former owner's label on inside ft. bd.. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Adult
Date Published: 1970-07-08
ISBN-13:9780670747399ISBN:0670747394
Description: Like New. Stated First Published in 1970 by The Viking Press. All clean crisp text pages of new-looking hardcover with DJ. Book store sticker on blank front end paper. Top corner of page 331 has tiny crease. Nice secure binding. Daily shipping. read more
Description: New. 0140036938 Cover has very little shelf wear. No spine seams. No remainder mark. Pages are clean with no markings, no creases and no dog-ears. Paperback. read more
Description: Good in Good jacket. 57-Y-Add Ex-library. Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2009-01-27
ISBN-13:9780143105671ISBN:0143105671
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780143105671. read more
Description: Viking, c1970, blue and grey hard cover, cover edges ltly; Faded, else bright and solid, GOOD+ in a near VERY GOOD ltly soiled DJ. read more
"No one writes like Patrick White. His language is so weird and beautiful you forget what it is he's writing about, so you have to re-read everything--but it's worth it.
I'm re-reading it right now--after 9 years--and I am obsessed with it. Grotesque in the very best way."
"A portrait of the artist as a child, a young man, an adult, and a geriatric. This sprawling novel chronicles the life of a painter named Hurtle Duffield, born into an Australian slum but shipped off to live with an aristocratic family. Dark, brilliantly composed, and engrossing."
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