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The usual desire to kill : a novel / Camilla Barnes.
"Miranda's parents live in a dilapidated house in rural France that they share with two llamas, eight ducks, five chickens, two cats, and a freezer full of food dating back to 1983. Miranda's father is a retired professor of philosophy who never loses an argument. Miranda's mother likes to bring conversation back to 'the War,' although she was born after it ended. Married for fifty years, they are uncommonly set in their ways. Miranda plays the role of translator when she visits, communicating the desires or complaints of one parent to the other and then venting her frustration to her sister and her daughter. At the end of a visit, she reports 'the usual desire to kill'"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781668062838
- Physical Description: 249 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2025.
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| Subject: | Interpersonal relations > Fiction. Marital conflict > Fiction. Daughters > Fiction. Daughters > Fiction. Spouses > Fiction. Spouses > Fiction. Families > Fiction. France > Fiction. France > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Humorous fiction. Domestic fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date | |
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| Burlington Public Library | F BARNES | 39851001825299 | New Fiction | Copy hold | Checked out | 05/31/2025 |