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Christopher Hope
ISBN: 9781848871663
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Atlantic Books
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To a time-locked Johannesburg suburb comes Nathan J Swirsky to open his pharmacy. With his stories of exotic places and his gleaming bottles and jars, the local children think of him as a magician. But the adults smell trouble. In alarm and delight, the children of Badminton observe his unlikely resurrection...
To a time-locked Johannesburg suburb comes Nathan J. Swirsky to open his pharmacy. With his stories of exotic places and his gleaming bottles and jars, the local children think of him as a magician. But the adults smell trouble. It is the early fifties in Badminton, Johannesburg, where all the street-names recall British kings and queens and where retired soldiers relive the desert war in their dusty gardens. This small-town dreamscape erupts with the arrival of Nathan J. Swirsky, a pink volcano with an extravagant moustache; a magical pharmacist who speaks of exotic travels to faraway, forbidden places. In alarm and delight, the children of Badminton observe his unlikely resurrection...
| ISBN | 184887166X | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | ISBN13 | 9781848871663
(What's this?) | | Pages | 208 | | Publisher | Atlantic Books | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Atlantic Books | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Publication date | 01 Apr 2010 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY | 823.914 | |
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"'A jewel box of a novel... exquisite.' Observer 'Hope finds in the post-War confusion of South Africa a mine of comic possibility... throughout this bright, fresh comedy, politics lurk in the shadows.' The Times 'Brilliance and charm... This is a wonderfully funny book.' Financial Times 'Touching and amusing... told without a wasted word.' Mail on Sunday"  Be the first to write a customer review
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