Q: What is Metroland about?

From the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of A Sense of an Ending comes a comedy of sexual awakening in the 1960s that is “wonderfully fresh, crackling with nostalgic irreverence” (Vogue). Only the author of Flaubert's Parrot could give us a novel that is at once a note-perfect rendition of the angsts and attitudes of English adolescence, a giddy comedy of sexual awakening, and a portrait of the accommodations that some of us call \\\"growing up\\\" and others \\\"selling out.

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What is Metroland about?

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From the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of A Sense of an Ending comes a comedy of sexual awakening in the 1960s that is “wonderfully fresh, crackling with nostalgic irreverence” (Vogue).

Only the author of Flaubert's Parrot could give us a novel that is at once a note-perfect rendition of the angsts and attitudes of English adolescence, a giddy comedy of sexual awakening, and a portrait of the accommodations that some of us call \"growing up\" and others \"selling out.

Question 2

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Metroland?

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Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre

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Where can I read a sample of Metroland?

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You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780679736080

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Is Metroland part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?

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Yes it is a part of series Vintage International

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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Metroland?

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Julian Barnes

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Who is the Publisher of the book Metroland?

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

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What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

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Metroland is available as paperback(ISBN 9780679736080) and paperback(ISBN 9780099540069) and paperback(ISBN 9781784705916) and ebook(ISBN 9780307797773)

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