The Resource Dunbar, Edward St. Aubyn
Dunbar, Edward St. Aubyn
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The item Dunbar, Edward St. Aubyn 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. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Dunbar, Edward St. Aubyn 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.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- "Henry Dunbar, the once all-powerful head of a global corporation, is not having a good day. In his dotage he hands over care of the corporation to his two eldest daughters, Abby and Megan, but as relations sour he starts to doubt the wisdom of past decisions... Now imprisoned in a care home in the Lake District with only a demented alcoholic comedian as company, Dunbar starts planning his escape. As he flees into the hills, his family is hot on his heels. But who will find him first, his beloved youngest daughter, Florence, or the tigresses Abby and Megan, so keen to divest him of his estate?"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 213 pages
- Note
- Novel
- Isbn
- 9781781090398
- Label
- Dunbar
- Title
- Dunbar
- Statement of responsibility
- Edward St. Aubyn
- Subject
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- trueIntrigue
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- truePower (Social sciences)
- trueEscapes
- truePsychiatric hospitals
- trueEngland
- trueSenior men
- trueAmbition in women
- trueNervous breakdown
- trueFamily relationships
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Adaptations | Fiction
- trueBusinesspeople
- trueCorporations
- trueFathers and daughters
- trueAdaptations, retellings, and spin-offs
- Inheritance and succession -- Fiction
- trueDysfunctional families
- trueRich families
- Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
- Lear, King of England (Legendary character) -- Fiction
- Aging parents -- Fiction
- trueWomen -- Sexuality
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Henry Dunbar, the once all-powerful head of a global corporation, is not having a good day. In his dotage he hands over care of the corporation to his two eldest daughters, Abby and Megan, but as relations sour he starts to doubt the wisdom of past decisions... Now imprisoned in a care home in the Lake District with only a demented alcoholic comedian as company, Dunbar starts planning his escape. As he flees into the hills, his family is hot on his heels. But who will find him first, his beloved youngest daughter, Florence, or the tigresses Abby and Megan, so keen to divest him of his estate?"--
- Summary
- A modern reimagining of Shakespeare's <i>King Lear</i> follows the experiences of a man who, in the wake of an orchestrated public mental breakdown, is sent to a Switzerland sanatorium by the daughters who would seize his fortune, a plot he resolves to foil with the assistance of a colorful sidekick
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10597530
- Cataloging source
- AU@
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1960-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- St. Aubyn, Edward
- Dewey number
- 823.914
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1564-1616
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Shakespeare, William
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Hogarth Shakespeare
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Shakespeare, William
- Lear
- Fathers and daughters
- Inheritance and succession
- Aging parents
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Dunbar, Edward St. Aubyn
- Note
- Novel
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000061030303
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 213 pages
- Isbn
- 9781781090398
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1005908464
- Label
- Dunbar, Edward St. Aubyn
- Note
- Novel
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000061030303
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 213 pages
- Isbn
- 9781781090398
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1005908464
Subject
- trueAdaptations, retellings, and spin-offs
- Aging parents -- Fiction
- trueAmbition in women
- trueBusinesspeople
- trueCorporations
- trueDysfunctional families
- trueEngland
- trueEscapes
- trueFamily relationships
- trueFathers and daughters
- Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- Inheritance and succession -- Fiction
- trueIntrigue
- Lear, King of England (Legendary character) -- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueNervous breakdown
- truePower (Social sciences)
- truePsychiatric hospitals
- trueRich families
- trueSenior men
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Adaptations | Fiction
- trueWomen -- Sexuality
Genre
- trueAdaptations
- trueAdaptations, retellings, and spin-offs
- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
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