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Pride and Avarice: A Novel
Pride and Avarice: A Novel
Pride and Avarice: A Novel
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Pride and Avarice: A Novel

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Hailed by The New Yorker as "wickedly enjoyable," Nicholas Coleridge's newest novel is a sharp comedy of manners about two powerful men engaged in a bitter rivalry. Their feud rages from the boardroom to the bedroom as old money takes on the new

Gazing from his magnificent Chawbury Manor, Miles Straker has it all. But when noveau riche Ross Clegg buys and builds on the land adjoining his country estate, ruining his perfect view, Miles is irate. Even worse, Ross is quickly taken up by the country gentry, who admire his success and his down-to-earth manners. But Miles is a dangerous enemy and he vows to take the Clegg empire apart piece by piece. A rich read full of wit, Pride and Avarice is sure to be Coleridge's biggest selling book to date.

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Release dateApr 26, 2011
ISBN9781429954341
Pride and Avarice: A Novel
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Nicholas Coleridge

Nicholas Coleridge is managing director of Condé Nast in Britain, the magazine publishing house that includes Vogue, Tatler, House & Garden and Vanity Fair. His bestselling novels, including The Adventuress and A Much Married Man, have been published in twelve languages.  He lives in England with his family.

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    This is a slice of upper income life in contemporary England. It is gossipy and a bit soap-operaish but it is endlessly engrossing and funny. It is not a book for serious readers but for those who enjoy a diverting story told well.

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