A Compass Error

Sybille Bedford

£9.99

Paperback

Daunt Books Publishing > Fiction

ISBN: 9781907970030

Published August 2011 by Daunt Books Publishing

Description

As the Second World War looms, Flavia is living in a small village in the South of France. She studies for her Oxford entrance, swims in the sea, eats at local cafés, and lives with all the confidence and relish of youth.

Drawn into the demi-monde of artists and writers, Flavia is awoken to the pleasures and complications of adult life. Her world is overturned when she becomes fascinated by Andrée – beautiful, sophisticated, yet manipulative – and is caught up in a devastating intrigue.

This is a dramatic companion novel to A Favourite of the Gods, also published by Daunt Books.

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Weight 0.45 kg
Dimensions 20 × 13 × 5 cm