The Rock Pool" ... satire of the British upper class, a smug young literary man from Oxford joins an international group of artists and writers on the French Riviera, intending to study them as if they were aquatic organisms in a pool--with unexpected results."--Goodreads |
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Page 24
... Duff behind the bar . Naylor asked her to have a drink with him and they had gin and gingerales . Duff spoke little . She had a way of nodding her head with a sage smile and relapsing into moody silence . noticed little crystals of salt ...
... Duff behind the bar . Naylor asked her to have a drink with him and they had gin and gingerales . Duff spoke little . She had a way of nodding her head with a sage smile and relapsing into moody silence . noticed little crystals of salt ...
Page 199
... Duff - how nice for you . " " " No , Duff's going off to stay with some rela- tions along the coast . I'm taking little Toni up . She wants to get a job in a bookshop , somewhere where her languages would come in useful . " " Is she ...
... Duff - how nice for you . " " " No , Duff's going off to stay with some rela- tions along the coast . I'm taking little Toni up . She wants to get a job in a bookshop , somewhere where her languages would come in useful . " " Is she ...
Page 219
... Duff or Varna . " " But I thought Duff . . . " " Oh , don't you believe any of that ; why , at Steubensville , Ohio , where I come from , the Duffs are very ordinary people . " " Perhaps they aren't the same ones . " " I tell you I know ...
... Duff or Varna . " " But I thought Duff . . . " " Oh , don't you believe any of that ; why , at Steubensville , Ohio , where I come from , the Duffs are very ordinary people . " " Perhaps they aren't the same ones . " " I tell you I know ...
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