The Only Problem : Centenary Edition. This item is unavailable.
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Language: English
Published by Birlinn, Limited, 2018
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Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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- Title
- The Only Problem : Centenary Edition
- Author
- Spark, Muriel
- Publisher
- Birlinn, Limited
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1846974410
- ISBN 13
- 9781846974410
- Item weight
- 0.679 pounds
- Dimensions
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Wealthy Canadian scholar Harvey Gotham lives in splendid isolation in France and is working on a book about Job. He loves his wife, Effie, dearly but she has taken to planting bombs in supermarkets and has joined an anarchist group. Here, Spark returns to the Book of Job, which had always fascinated her, and the only problem' - the problem of suffering. Why does God allow it A despairing and exhilarating read, The Only Problem is a masterwork. This is one of the 22 novels written by Muriel Spark in her lifetime. All are being published by Polygon in hardback Centenary Editions between November 2017 and September 2018.
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