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Poor George

Poor George

by Paula Fox, Jonathan Lethem

Teenage boysPsychological fictionMarried peopleFictionSuburban life
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About this book

"Gives us George Mecklin, a restless, soft-spoken teacher at a private school in Manhattan. Depressed by his life of vague moral purpose, George discovers a local adolescent named Ernest breaking into his house. Rather than hand the boy over to the police, as his nagging wife insists, George decides to tutor him. His life consequently implodes."--P. [4] of cover.

Themes & subjects

Teenage boysPsychological fictionMarried peopleFictionSuburban lifeTutors and tutoring

Setting

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

About the authors

Paula Fox

1923-04-22 – 2017-03-01

Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem

19 Feb 1964

Authors

Paula Fox, Jonathan Lethem

Pages

230

Read time

≈ 6h

Editions

4

Languages

English, French

Publisher

J. Losfeld

ISBN

9782070789436

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