The Saddest Summer Of Samuel S
of J.P. Donleavy
Description
In this short novel J.P. Donleavy writes of the tiny battle waged for survival of the spirit in bedrooms and hearts the world over. Samuel S, hero of lonely principles, holds out in his bereft lighthouse in Vienna. Abigail, an American college girl on the prowl in Europe, drawn by the beacon of this strange outpost, seeks in her own emancipation the seduction of Samuel S, the last of the world's solemn failures.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 128 pages
- Publisher Penguin Books
- Publication Date 1972
- First Publication 10/30/66
- Language English
- ISBN 9780140028324
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
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