King of the Badgers

by Philip Hensher

Book Overview

Far from London's crime and pollution, Hanmouth's wealthier residents live in picturesque, heavily mortgaged cottages in the center of a town packed with artisanal cheese shops and antiques stores. They're reminded of the town's less desirable outskirts--with their grim, flimsy housing stock and chain stores--only when their neighbors have the presumption to claim also to live in Hanmouth.

When an eight-year-old girl from the outer area...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865478740
• ISBN13: 9780865478749
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.6"