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 46
... head - fish , chicken , and a soufflé . Naylor began to argue about the price . Rascasse looked at the sky and Toni at the other diners . The proprietor , who was doing very well out of a reputation for being kind to artists , which ...
... head - fish , chicken , and a soufflé . Naylor began to argue about the price . Rascasse looked at the sky and Toni at the other diners . The proprietor , who was doing very well out of a reputation for being kind to artists , which ...
Page 73
Cyril Connolly. of was in how many days his head would be safely under his bowler hat . And then he realized that not only had he received no encou- ragement , but that he had never for a moment made any impression on her , she made him ...
Cyril Connolly. of was in how many days his head would be safely under his bowler hat . And then he realized that not only had he received no encou- ragement , but that he had never for a moment made any impression on her , she made him ...
Page 87
... head and shoulders of Sonia . " That's lovely , " he said . " Yes , she's a sweet little kid . She came round here this morning . She's a virgin , she tells me , and only nineteen - the same age as Toni . walked here all the way from ...
... head and shoulders of Sonia . " That's lovely , " he said . " Yes , she's a sweet little kid . She came round here this morning . She's a virgin , she tells me , and only nineteen - the same age as Toni . walked here all the way from ...
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