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The
2003 Award
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On Green Dolphin Street by Sebastian Faulks
Nominated by:
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Publisher of Nominated Edition: Hutchinson 0091802105 |
| the complete A-Z listing of nominated authors. |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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| America,
1959. With two young children she adores, loving parents back in London,
and an admired husband, Charlie, working at the British embassy in Washington,
the world seems an effervescent place of parties, jazz and family happiness
to Mary van der Linden. But the Eisenhower years are ending, and 1960 brings the presidential battle between two ambitious senators: John Kennedy and Richard Nixon. An American newspaper reporter called Frank Renzo dramatically enters the van der Linden's lives, and through him Mary is forced to confront the terror of the Cold War that is the dark background of their carefree existence. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Sebastian Faulks is best known for his French trilogy, The Girl at the Lion d'Or, Birdsong, and Charlotte Gray. He has also worked extensively as a journalist, and in 2000 wrote and presented the Channel Four television series Churchill's Secret Army. |
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Find out more about the author on the following websites: An
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