The bird skinner
Greenway, Alice2015
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Thirty years after the end of the Second World War, veteran Jim Carroway has retreated to his beach house on Fox Island, off the coast of Maine. With only the birdsong and his battered copy of 'Treasure Island' for company, Jim's sole visitors are those who bring his weekly supplies of whisky, cigarettes, and writing paper. Jim hides away from his former life as a renowned ornithologist, but also deep, darker truths: the death of his wife, and the bloody days he spent fighting the war in the Pacific. But the past looms ever larger, and a visitor to the island brings an unwelcome tide of recollections.
Main title:
The bird skinner / Alice Greenway.
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Imprint:
London : Atlantic Books, 2015.
Collation:
xx, 312 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2014.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780857897275 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6
Language:
English
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BRN:
1068767
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