book cover of The Old Jest
 

The Old Jest

(1979)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
1979 Whitbread Prize for Best Novel

Late summer near Dublin, 1920, and up at the great house there are still cucumber sandwiches for tea. Slipping away from Aunt Mary and dotty Grandfather, 18-year-old Nancy has escaped down to the shore to dream in the beach hut - longing for her life to begin.


Genre: Literary Fiction

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