The Last September
- ISBN-10
- 0385720149
- ISBN-13
- 9780385720144
- Series
- The Last September
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 303
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Anchor
- Author
- Elizabeth Bowen
Description
During the 1920s, in an Ireland torn by revolution, an upper-class family struggles to ignore the violence that threatens its stability
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