The Last Days Of The National Costume

Author: Anne Kennedy

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Price : 37.00 NZD
ISBN : 9781743313862
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Imprint : Allen & Unwin
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Weight (g) : 0.499
Publication date : May 2013
Dimensions : 234mm X 153mm
Produced in : Australia
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Author : Anne Kennedy
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Language : English
Dewey classification : 823.92
Reading Level : Very Good
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Pages : 400
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Description

Narrated by one of the funniest, wisest literary observers of all time this is a brilliant, charming and heartwarming novel about illicit love, sewing, blackouts and Belfast.

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A charming and heartwarming novel about illicit love, sewing, blackouts and Belfast.

Awards

Shortlisted for New Zealand Post Book Awards: Fiction 2014.

Author description

Anne Kennedy's first novel was an experimental work titled 100 Traditional Smiles (1988). She then went on to write Musica Ficta (1993) and A Boy and His Uncle (1998). Her most recent work was to write the screenplay for The Monkey's Mask, a highly successful film based on Dorothy Porter's verse novel. Anne is also a well known and award winning poet. She lives in Auckland and has also lived in Ireland and Hawaii.

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