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      A Word Child

      by Iris Murdoch
      Published
      Aug 1975
      Main Genre
      Romantic Suspense Rom. Suspense
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      400
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      Hilary Burde, saved by education from a delinquent childhood, cheated of Oxford by a tragic love tangle, cherishes his obsessive guilt and disappointment in a dull, orderly civil service job.

      When the man whom he has harmed and betrayed reappears as head of his department, Hilary hopes for forgiveness, even for redemption and a new life, but finds himself haunted by a ghostly repetition.

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      Romance

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      Romantic Suspense

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      Nov 1976 Penguin ISBN 0140042865
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      Jan 1987 Penguin ISBN 0140081534
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      First Edition Aug 1975 Viking ISBN 067078236X
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      Feb 2013 Audible Studios ISBN B00BD661YE
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