The eye of the everlasting angel

Noel Virtue

first published 1992 P. Owen, 1992 180 pages

A picaresque journey through the London of the 1960s, The Eye of the Everlasting Angel is Noel Virtue's fifth novel and his first work of fiction to be set in England. Young Toby Todd is abandoned by his parents and sets forth to try his luck in the big city. Unable to pay the rent, he is evicted from Calcutta Mansions by his ethnic landlord Mr Braithwaite and finds himself hungry and homeless until a chance meeting...

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The eye of the everlasting angel edition · 1993 · Vintage · 176 pages
Eye of the Everlasting Angel edition · 1992 · P. Owen · 180 pages

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