An edition of Concrete island (1974)

Concrete island

1st Vintage Books ed.
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An edition of Concrete island (1974)

Concrete island

1st Vintage Books ed.
  • 3.5 (4 ratings)
  • 29 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 10 Have read

A 35-year-old architect is driving home from his London office when his car swerves and crashes onto a traffic island lying below three converging motorways. Uninjured, he climbs the embankment to seek help, but no one will stop for him and he is trapped on the island, where he remains.

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Publisher
Vintage Books
Language
English
Pages
176

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Cover of: Concrete island
Concrete island
1985, Vintage Books
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Concrete island
1974, Farrar Straus and Giroux
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Edition Notes

Originally published: New York : Farrar Straus and Giroux. 1974, c1973.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.914
Library of Congress
PR6052.A46 C6 1985

The Physical Object

Pagination
176 p. ;
Number of pages
176

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL2549952M
ISBN 10
0394741072
LCCN
85040129
LibraryThing
2386048
Goodreads
1243427

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL265518W

Excerpts

SOON after three o'clock on the afternoon of April 22nd 1973, a 35-year-old architect named Robert Maitland was driving down the high-speed exit lane of the West-way interchange in central London.
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