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An Exalted House

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PR man George Burghess, employed to whitewash the name of a firm linked to a fatal factory fire, suffers torments of conscience.

Then a friendship with a woman, who squats in the flat above his own, points the way to the redemption he seeks.

But Burghess cannot give up a hard-won career in corporate PR and, instead, descends into spiritual ruin.

Through its story of a soul in crisis, "An Exalted House" brings into view the warring sides of London: the corporate zone of hostile takeovers and monuments to financial power versus an alternative zone of popular-festive breakouts and squats, presided over by the spirit of William Blake.

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Superscript
0955002818 / 9780955002816
Paperback / softback
813.914
12/07/2007
United Kingdom
226 pages
138 x 216 mm
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