Author: | Mark Helprin | ISBN: | 9780547543864 |
Publisher: | HMH Books | Publication: | September 20, 1983 |
Imprint: | Mariner Books | Language: | English |
Author: | Mark Helprin |
ISBN: | 9780547543864 |
Publisher: | HMH Books |
Publication: | September 20, 1983 |
Imprint: | Mariner Books |
Language: | English |
Now a major motion picture
A bestseller that takes readers on a journey to New York of the Belle Epoque, where Peter Lake attempts to rob a Manhattan mansion only to find the daughter of the house at home. Thus begins the love between the middle-aged Irishman and Beverly Penn, a young girl who is dying. “This novel...is a gifted writer’s love affair with the language” (Newsday).
Now a major motion picture
A bestseller that takes readers on a journey to New York of the Belle Epoque, where Peter Lake attempts to rob a Manhattan mansion only to find the daughter of the house at home. Thus begins the love between the middle-aged Irishman and Beverly Penn, a young girl who is dying. “This novel...is a gifted writer’s love affair with the language” (Newsday).