Death in Summer

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Death in Summer
Author William Trevor
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Viking Press
Publication date
1 January 1998
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages214
ISBN 9780140287820

Death in Summer, published in 1998, is a novel by William Trevor. [1]

Reception

The Daily Telegraph reported on reviews from several publications with a rating scale for the novel out of "Love It", "Pretty Good", "Ok", and "Rubbish": Daily Telegraph , Times , Sunday Telegraph , Mail On Sunday , Spectator , and Literary Review reviews under "Love It" and Sunday Times and Independent On Sunday reviews under "Pretty Good". [2] [3]

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References

  1. Allen, Brooke (6 September 1998). "Fatal Attractions". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
  2. "Books of the moment: What the papers said". The Daily Telegraph. 26 September 1998. p. 76. Retrieved 19 July 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Books of the moment: What the papers said". The Daily Telegraph. 12 September 1998. p. 74. Retrieved 19 July 2024 via Newspapers.com.