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Aging bachelor George Bland finds his peaceful, sometimes boring existence invaded by Katy Gibb, a self-assured, complex young woman who ignites unwanted, revealing, and alarming feelings within George. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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Brookner explores the complications that arise when one solitary man comes up against a woman who seems determined to invade his solitude. George Bland is an aging bachelor whose existence has been virtually a mirror image of his name--up until now. For into George's life walks Katy Gibb, young, abrasively self-assured, who incites in George the most alarming feelings.
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