num_pages: 391
description: 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.
language: English
title: A Word Child
titlecomplete: A Word Child
genres: 20th Century, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, British Literature, Irish Literature, Fiction, Modern Classics
ratings_count: 1544
publisher: Penguin Books