Oh what a paradise it seems
Cheever, John2009
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In an idyllic American village, elderly romantic Lemuel Sears still falls wildly in love with strangers of both sexes. But his paradise is under threat; the pond he loves is being fouled by unscrupulous polluters involved in organised crime. Can Lemuel thwart the monstrous aspects of late 20th century civilisation & save his beloved village? In an idyllic American village, elderly romantic Lemuel Sears still has it in him to fall wildly in love with strangers of both sexes. But Sears's paradise is under threat; the pond he loves is being fouled by unscrupulous polluters involved in organised crime. Can Sears thwart the monstrous aspects of late-twentieth-century civilisation and save his beloved village? Cheever's wry fable of modern American is interlaced with musings on everything from the etiquette of supermarket queues to the evolution of the ice-skate.
Main title:
Oh what a paradise it seems / by John Cheever.
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Imprint:
London : Vintage Classic, 2009.
Collation:
1 v. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Formerly CIP. Uk
ISBN:
9780099411512 (pbk)
Language:
English
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BRN:
263799
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