| International Standard Book Number |
9780385551168 hardcover
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| International Standard Book Number |
0385551169 hardcover
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780385551175 ebook
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| Personal Name |
Atkinson, Kate, author.
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| Title Statement |
Our noble selves / Kate Atkinson.
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| Edition Statement |
First U.S. hardcover edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Doubleday, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
337 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
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| General Note |
"A novel"-- Taken from cover.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"A thrilling tale of post-World War II London-a city in disrepair, a population hungry to return to its former glory, a veteran in its employ, desperate to return to a home that no longer exists. When crime correspondent turned war reporter Harry Flynn returns to Britain from Singapore in 1945, he takes a quiet job with the Festival of Britain, a government-funded endeavor aimed at celebrating the nation's creativity, grit, and ingenuity. There, he joins a team of misfits and eccentrics as they help to ready the Festival for launch. When a Frenchwoman goes missing, Flynn becomes the central suspect in her disappearance--and possible murder. He was the last person to see her alive, yet he has no memory of the evening they spent together. As evidence against him mounts, Flynn begins to wonder if he might actually be to blame. To make matters worse, he is surrounded by people who have their own secret agenda. There may be a carnival atmosphere in London as the country attempts to throw off the drab privations of war, yet beneath the frivolity there is also a worthy attempt to hold up a mirror to both its history and its future. With her unique voice and her skill at conjuring the past, Kate Atkinson turns her light on a nation reconstructing its image and the lengths to which some might go to manipulate the outcome. Witty, brilliantly plotted, and with an unforgettable cast of characters, Our Noble Selves paints a vivid portrait of a former empire struggling with its identity in the aftermath of war"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Journalists England London Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Veterans England Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Murder Investigation Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Festivals Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Missing persons Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
London (England) Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Thrillers (Fiction)
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Suspense fiction.
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