Nuns and Soldiers.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1980. First edition, 8vo, (vi), 505, (1) pp. Loosely inserted is a plain postcard inscribed on both sides from the author. Cloth, d.w., faint sunning of spine and a few mild marks. The card is a reply to a letter the author had received and sets out her reasoning for the bad language used by one of the characters in the novel to which her correspondent had objected. "...I am sorry about, though I understand, your feeling about Daisy's language... it is in use and in certain contexts can have a picturesque appropriateness. This is a matter of art..." Item #29011
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