The Resource Corduroy mansions, Alexander McCall Smith ; illustrated by Iain McIntosh
Corduroy mansions, Alexander McCall Smith ; illustrated by Iain McIntosh
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The item Corduroy mansions, Alexander McCall Smith ; illustrated by Iain McIntosh represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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- Summary
- Corduroy Mansions - described in a guide to the architecture of the area as 'a building of no interest whatsoever' - is believed to have been built as an asylum, or possibly a school, or maybe it was a mansion block - nobody is very sure. In fact, nothing of its history is known, although it does have some nice Arts and Craft features. At the moment it is inhabited by an assortment of characters. At least one character is on a voyage of self-discovery, which has taken him to Cheltenham so far..
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Corduroy mansions
- Title
- Corduroy mansions
- Statement of responsibility
- Alexander McCall Smith ; illustrated by Iain McIntosh
- Subject
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- trueDog owners
- trueDogs
- trueDomestic fiction
- trueEccentrics and eccentricities
- trueGentle reads
- trueHumorous fiction
- trueHumorous stories
- Large print books
- trueLondon, England
- trueMainstream fiction
- trueMansions
- trueNeighbors -- London, England
- Pimlico (London, England) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- Pimlico (London, England) -- Fiction
- trueTerriers
- truePimlico, London, England
- trueDilemmas
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Corduroy Mansions - described in a guide to the architecture of the area as 'a building of no interest whatsoever' - is believed to have been built as an asylum, or possibly a school, or maybe it was a mansion block - nobody is very sure. In fact, nothing of its history is known, although it does have some nice Arts and Craft features. At the moment it is inhabited by an assortment of characters. At least one character is on a voyage of self-discovery, which has taken him to Cheltenham so far..
- Summary
- While a middle-aged wine merchant tries to emancipate his reluctant adult son from their crumbling Pimlico home, a hated Parliament member incites the disgust of his biography-writing mother and long-suffering literary agent girlfriend.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 346766
- Cataloging source
- UKM
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McCall Smith, Alexander
- Dewey number
- 823.914
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- McIntosh, Iain
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Corduroy Mansions.
- Series volume
- 0001
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Pimlico (London, England)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Corduroy mansions, Alexander McCall Smith ; illustrated by Iain McIntosh
- Control code
- 000044293761
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 358 p.
- Isbn
- 9781846971211
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Label
- Corduroy mansions, Alexander McCall Smith ; illustrated by Iain McIntosh
- Control code
- 000044293761
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 358 p.
- Isbn
- 9781846971211
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
Subject
- trueDog owners
- trueDogs
- trueDomestic fiction
- trueEccentrics and eccentricities
- trueGentle reads
- trueHumorous fiction
- trueHumorous stories
- Large print books
- trueLondon, England
- trueMainstream fiction
- trueMansions
- trueNeighbors -- London, England
- Pimlico (London, England) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- Pimlico (London, England) -- Fiction
- trueTerriers
- truePimlico, London, England
- trueDilemmas
Genre
- trueGentle reads
- Humorous fiction
- Large print books
- trueMainstream fiction
- trueHumorous stories
- trueDomestic fiction
- Fiction
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