Persistent Rumours
Published on 7. March 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-09-943708-6 (ISBN)
Description
A childhood mystery has haunted James Oakley all his life- the disappearance and unexplained death of his mother far away in India. Year later, in an attempt to unlock the past, he returns with his unhappy wife Daisy to the islands where he was born, a place of treacherous seas and hurricanes, which conceals an appalling secret.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 1 mm
Width: 1 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight
220 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-09-943708-6 (9780099437086)
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Person
Lee Langley was born in India and spent her childhood there. Her last three novels were set in India. Changes of Address and A House in Pondicherry were shortlisted for the Hawthornden Prize, and Persistent Rumours won both the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Novel (Eurasia) and the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Best Novel Award. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of literature. Her latest book is the novel, Distant Music, also published in Vintage.