Ducks, Newburyport
- ISBN-10
- 1925923428
- ISBN-13
- 9781925923421
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 1040
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-09-03
- Publisher
- Text Publishing
- Author
- Lucy Ellmann
Description
An utterly original novel, longlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize in which one woman navigates, through compelling inner monologue, the tension and disquiet of contemporary America.
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