The Elephant
- ISBN-10
- 0679407251
- ISBN-13
- 9780679407256
- Series
- The Elephant
- Category
- England
- Pages
- 289
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- Random House Incorporated
- Author
- Richard Rayner
Description
The son of a British undertaker tells of his painful relationship with his father, in a coming-of-age story about lying, cheating, stealing, sexual hysteria, and the truth in provincial northern England during the sixties. 15,000 first printing.
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