The birthday party
General fiction, Serious and literary fiction
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Summary
As dawn breaks on a small island late in the summer of 1975, a tycoon wakes up to oversee the final preparations for his daughter's birthday party. Finding out that she is pregnant, he tries to persuade her to end… the pregnancy, as his private doctor - and oldest friend - is standing by to perform the procedure. Intersperses the events that unfold during the day of the party with the tycoon's rise to wealth and fame, from childhood in Asia Minor to old age, via Buenos Aires, New York, London and Paris. Some descriptions of sex. 2007.
Title Details
ISBN
9780676978872
Publisher
Knopf Canada
Copyright Date
2007
Book number
2421033
Audio details for CELA title
Narrator
Harriet Lampert
Duration
8 hours 30 minutes 31 seconds
Audio producer
CNIB, 2008.
Braille details for CELA title
Volumes
6
Braille code
EBAE
Braille producer
CNIB, 2009.