The Portable Veblen: Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2016
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Author: Elizabeth McKenzie
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 448
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 A riotously funny and deeply insightful adventure through capitalism, the medical industry, family, love, war and wedding-planning - from an electrically entertaining new voice Can squirrels speak? Do snails scream? Will a young couple, newly engaged, make it to their wedding day? Will their dysfunctional families ruin everything? Will they be undone by the advances of a very sexy, very unscrupulous heiress to a pharmaceuticals corporation? Is getting married even a remotely reasonable idea in the twenty-first century? And what in the world is a 'Veblen' anyway?
Author: Elizabeth McKenzie
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 448
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 A riotously funny and deeply insightful adventure through capitalism, the medical industry, family, love, war and wedding-planning - from an electrically entertaining new voice Can squirrels speak? Do snails scream? Will a young couple, newly engaged, make it to their wedding day? Will their dysfunctional families ruin everything? Will they be undone by the advances of a very sexy, very unscrupulous heiress to a pharmaceuticals corporation? Is getting married even a remotely reasonable idea in the twenty-first century? And what in the world is a 'Veblen' anyway?
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Elizabeth McKenzie
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 448
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 A riotously funny and deeply insightful adventure through capitalism, the medical industry, family, love, war and wedding-planning - from an electrically entertaining new voice Can squirrels speak? Do snails scream? Will a young couple, newly engaged, make it to their wedding day? Will their dysfunctional families ruin everything? Will they be undone by the advances of a very sexy, very unscrupulous heiress to a pharmaceuticals corporation? Is getting married even a remotely reasonable idea in the twenty-first century? And what in the world is a 'Veblen' anyway?
Author: Elizabeth McKenzie
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 448
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 A riotously funny and deeply insightful adventure through capitalism, the medical industry, family, love, war and wedding-planning - from an electrically entertaining new voice Can squirrels speak? Do snails scream? Will a young couple, newly engaged, make it to their wedding day? Will their dysfunctional families ruin everything? Will they be undone by the advances of a very sexy, very unscrupulous heiress to a pharmaceuticals corporation? Is getting married even a remotely reasonable idea in the twenty-first century? And what in the world is a 'Veblen' anyway?
The Portable Veblen: Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2016