| Mrs. October Was Here Contributor(s): Dowell, Coleman (Author) |
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ISBN: 0811205185 ISBN-13: 9780811205184 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $8.33 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1974 Annotation: The quintessential American town ('Oh beautiful for specious skies / For ambient waves of pain...'), Mrs. Septimus October, a lady of vast wealth whose hobby is revolution descends with her mysterious entourage to stage her great experiment--one aimed at ridding the world of hatred by focusing it on one single individual and destroying him. Her strange cadre of agents grows amid surprising, even sinister circumstances. Her bright and terrible revolution, however, takes a turn she had not anticipated, and the novel reveals itself as a ferocious, many-leveled fable. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 73089479 |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 5.73" W x 8.23" (0.70 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mrs. Septimus October, a lady of vast wealth whose hobby is revolution descends with her mysterious entourage to stage her great experiment--one aimed at ridding the world of hatred by focusing it on one single individual and destroying him. Her strange cadre of agents grows amid surprising, even sinister circumstances. Her bright and terrible revolution, however, takes a turn she had not anticipated, and the novel reveals itself as a ferocious, many-leveled fable. |