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Eddie's BastardAuthor: William KowalskiPrice: $19.95 ISBN: 9780552998598 Imprint: Black Swan Binding: Pbk Stock: This title will be ordered from the publisher. Usually ships in 10 - 15 days. Publisher may be out of stock in which case we will advise you. Allow a few extra days for delivery. Add this book to your reading list |
 
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Publisher's synopsis:Billy was deposited as an infant on the doorstep of Thomas Mann's home in a simple wicker basket with a plain two-word message pinned to his shawl reading 'Eddie's Bastard'.
Eddie, Thomas' son, had been killed in Vietnam three months earlier and his father had given up on life, having lost his only son. But now, suddenly, Thomas has a grandson and an heir - if not to the once vast Mann fortune, ( for Thomas recklessly squandered that in a foolhardy enterprise involving ostriches just after his heroic return from WWII), then at least to the long legacy of the Mann family stories, stretching back to the Civil War. AwardsAward: Winner, South African Boeke Prize Year: 2001Classifications:Prize Winning, Prize Winning FictionCategory:Fiction General Fiction |
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