num_pages: 391
description: Saved by education from a delinquent childhood, cheated of Oxford by a tragic love tangle, Hilary Burde cherishes his obsessive guilt and disappointment in a dull civil service job. When the man whom he has betrayed reappears as head of his department, Hilary hopes for forgiveness 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, Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Modern Classics, Novels, Irish Literature, Historical Fiction, Fiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 1544
publisher: Vintage