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The wardrobe mistress / Patrick McGrath.

By: McGrath, Patrick, 1950- [author.]Material type: TextTextCopyright date: ©2017Description: 314 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781786090003Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Fiction | Fascism -- Fiction | Widows -- Fiction | Actors -- Death -- Fiction | Theater -- England -- London -- Fiction | London (England) -- History -- 20th century -- FictionDDC classification: EF MCGR Summary: 1947. London is in ruins, there's nothing to eat, and it's the coldest winter in living memory. To make matters worse, Charlie Grice, one of the great stage actors of the day, has suddenly died. His widow Joan, the wardrobe mistress, is beside herself with grief.Then one night she discovers Gricey's secret. Plunged into a dark new world, Joan realises that though fascism might hide, it never dies. Her war isn't over after all.
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1947. London is in ruins, there's nothing to eat, and it's the coldest winter in living memory. To make matters worse, Charlie Grice, one of the great stage actors of the day, has suddenly died. His widow Joan, the wardrobe mistress, is beside herself with grief.Then one night she discovers Gricey's secret. Plunged into a dark new world, Joan realises that though fascism might hide, it never dies. Her war isn't over after all.

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