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The manikin : a novel / Joanna Scott.
LIBRA Special PS3569.C636 M35 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scott, Joanna, 1960-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Taxidermy--Fiction.
- Taxidermy.
- Rochester (N.Y.)--Fiction.
- Rochester (N.Y.).
- New York (State)--Rochester.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 276 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Picador USA edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Picador USA, 2002.
- Summary:
- A girl's coming of age in the strange world of stuffed animals. Peg Griswood lives in the manor of a famous taxidermist, surrounded by staring, silent creatures, looked after by eccentric servants and groundskeepers. Against this background, various human dramas are played out in what is basically a gothic novel of atmosphere. The setting is New York state early this century.
- Notes:
- Originally published : New York : Henry Holt and Co., c1996.
- ISBN:
- 0312421389
- 9780312421380
- OCLC:
- 52181123
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