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The ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold : a conversation piece

Waugh, EvelynJacobs, Richard(Introduction by)
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Gilbert Pinfold is a reclusive Catholic novelist suffering from acute inertia.

In an attempt to keep insomnia at bay he has been imbibing an unappetizing cocktail of bromide, chloral and creme de menthe.

He books a passage on the SS Caliban, and as it cruises towards Rangoon, he slips into madness.

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Product Details
Penguin Books Ltd
0141180218 / 9780141180212
Paperback
823.912
25/02/1999
United Kingdom
English
Classics
xliv, 165p.
20 cm
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