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      As Near as I Can Get

      by Paul Ableman
      Published
      Jan 2010
      Main Genre
      Literary Literary
      Pages
      236
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      First published in 1962 As Near as I Can Get was Paul Ableman's follow up to his critically acclaimed debut I Hear Voices.


      Following Alan Peebles, a young man struggling to become a poet, As Near as I Can depicts a mid-twentieth century London of offices, pubs and lodgings. Fuelled by drink through these desperate years, the narrator charts his encounters with women and fellow artists, as he seeks to glimpse a wonder in life barely discernible beneath the routine of every day.


      'Paul Ableman's novels were praised for their inventive language, bawdy high spirits, and originality of form by Anthony Burgess, Philip Toynbee, Robert Nye and other friends of the avant-garde. They are witty, original, and full of good humour, and I am delighted Faber Finds are reissuing them.' Margaret Drabble

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      General Fiction

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      Literary

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      First Edition Jan 2010 Faber and Faber (UK) ISBN13 9780571259052 ISBN10 0571259057
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      Mar 2014 Faber and Faber (UK) ISBN13 9780571314836 ISBN10 057131483X
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      Mar 2014 Faber and Faber (UK) ISBN13 9780571314164 ISBN10 0571314163
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      Mar 2014 Faber Finds ISBN10 B00HTPVSNW
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