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Asta's Book

Paperback (28 Oct 1993)

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Publisher's Synopsis

A tale which spans three generations, from 1905 in Hackney to present-day London. The central figures are Asta - the writer of diaries published with posthumous fame - and her daughter Swanny. It is a double detective story, a quest for identity and a quest for a lost child.

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Viking

Viking publishes the widest possible range of literary fiction and non-fiction. Our fiction list includes John le Carr?, Nick Hornby, Will Self, Colm T?ib?n, Nicole Krauss, William Trevor, Catherine O' Flynn, Jonathan Coe, and Joshua Ferris. In non-fiction, the range covers current affairs, history, biography, memoir, narrative non-fiction, music and sport. Our authors include Antony Beevor, Andrew Rawnsley, Mark Bostridge, Sarah Bradford, Saul David, Catherine Bailey, Lynn Barber, Claire Tomalin and John Stubbs.

Book information

ISBN:	9780670848812
Publisher:	Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:	Viking
Pub date:	28 Oct 1993
DEWEY:	823.914
DEWEY edition:	20
Number of pages:	437
Weight:	538g
Height:	215mm
Width:	135mm
Spine width:	35mm