Miss Benson's beetle : a novel / Rachel Joyce.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780812996708
- ISBN: 0812996704
- Physical Description: 353 pages : illustration, map ; 20 cm
- Edition: Dial Press trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : The Dial Press, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes reader's guide (pages 340-353). |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-337). |
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Genre: | Fiction. Novels. Novels. |
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | F JOYCE (Text) | 000157281 | Fiction | Available | - |
Author Notes
Miss Benson's Beetle : A Novel
Rachel Joyce is the author of The Music Shop , the Sunday Times and international bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry , Perfect , and The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy , as well as the digital short story A Faraway Smell of Lemon and a story collection, A Snow Garden & Other Stories . Her books have been translated into thirty-six languages and two are in development for film. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Joyce was named the Specsavers National Book Awards "New Writer of the Year" in December 2012 and shortlisted for the "UK Author of the Year" 2014. Joyce has also written more than thirty original afternoon plays and adaptations of the classics for BBC Radio 4, including all the Brontë novels. She moved to writing after a long career as an actor, performing leading roles for the RSC, the National Theatre, and Cheek by Jowl. She lives with her family in Gloucestershire.