Robert Liddell

• May-1987
• / Historical
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Set on the eve of the 1938 Munich Agreement, this is a skillfully-drawn portrait of the upper-middle-classes in England before the War, with two unforgettable leading characters, Aunt Jane and Aunt Eliza, based on Liddell’s own relatives. Robert L...

• Apr-1992
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1992
• / General Fiction
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Because it is a roman a clef with a recognizable, despicable ``key,'' Liddell's ``Oxford'' novel takes place in the fictional Christminster (or, more exactly, North Christminster), a university town with an undefinable year-round bleakness, as though...

• May-1993
• / General Fiction
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Unreal City is one of Robert Liddell's greatest works, describing the Alexandrian poet, Cavafy, at the end of his life. Told through the eyes of Charles, a timid and withdrawn Englishman, who finds himself in Alexandria at the end of the Second World...

• Jan-1996
• / General Fiction
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In this sequel to Liddell's Unreal City, the expatriate Charles Harbord presents a sophisticated picture of social life in Cairo during the last months before the Suez crisis. He is one of those transplanted twentieth century Englishmen whose half di...

• Apr-1996
• / General Fiction
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Set in a preparatory school after the end of WWI, this is a brilliant tragi-comedy about children at the mercy of adults. Based on Liddell's own experiences, it is a classic tale of childhood comparable to L.P. Hartley's The Go-Between....

• May-1996
• / General Fiction
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• Jun-2014
• / Action Adventure
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The Australian landscape is vast and variable, from the lush green forests at the northern and southern extremes of the continent, to the harsh red desert and grasses of the inland. Spread across this diverse geography, the kangaroos roam and propaga...