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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... mouth , and the leer of a gin - sodden dockhand ; but Naylor stared most at the girl who was between them . She wore blue leather shorts from which her long brown legs tapered , a white Russian blouse with a high collar , and a blue ...
... mouth , and the leer of a gin - sodden dockhand ; but Naylor stared most at the girl who was between them . She wore blue leather shorts from which her long brown legs tapered , a white Russian blouse with a high collar , and a blue ...
Page 50
Cyril Connolly. with a tiny mouth from which two large rodent tusks protruded , the English dentition ; the other , a heavy , black , repressed - looking creature . They danced to a gramophone on a tiny stage in cos- tumes they had made ...
Cyril Connolly. with a tiny mouth from which two large rodent tusks protruded , the English dentition ; the other , a heavy , black , repressed - looking creature . They danced to a gramophone on a tiny stage in cos- tumes they had made ...
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... mouth hung open . " Darling , you do love me , don't you ? " she said , and drove her scarred fist into Geraldine's face . There was an uproar . Geraldine sat on the floor weeping ; Dicky remained wiping her mouth on her sleeve ; Toni ...
... mouth hung open . " Darling , you do love me , don't you ? " she said , and drove her scarred fist into Geraldine's face . There was an uproar . Geraldine sat on the floor weeping ; Dicky remained wiping her mouth on her sleeve ; Toni ...
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