Lucifer with a Book: A Novel

Lucifer with a Book: A Novel

$50.00 AUD

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: John Horne Burns

Format: Hardback

Remarks on Condition : Good with light tanning, Dust Jacket: poor with general shelf wear. Some tears along the spine and edges., In good condition, Previous owner's name to front endpaper


This book is a novel by John Horne Burns, an American writer and World War II veteran. The book is set in an American boarding school during the war and follows the lives and conflicts of four teachers who are dissatisfied with their careers and personal lives. The book is a satire of the American education system and society, as well as a psychological study of the charactersÕ motivations and frustrations. The book has 329 pages and is published by Secker and Warburg in 1949. It is BurnsÕ second novel after his acclaimed debut The Gallery. Additional remarks, yellowed front endpaper.



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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: John Horne Burns

Format: Hardback

Remarks on Condition : Good with light tanning, Dust Jacket: poor with general shelf wear. Some tears along the spine and edges., In good condition, Previous owner's name to front endpaper


This book is a novel by John Horne Burns, an American writer and World War II veteran. The book is set in an American boarding school during the war and follows the lives and conflicts of four teachers who are dissatisfied with their careers and personal lives. The book is a satire of the American education system and society, as well as a psychological study of the charactersÕ motivations and frustrations. The book has 329 pages and is published by Secker and Warburg in 1949. It is BurnsÕ second novel after his acclaimed debut The Gallery. Additional remarks, yellowed front endpaper.