The Golden Child, Penelope FitzgeraldPaperback. Pub Date : 2004 12 06 Pages: 192 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK The Golden Child. Penelope Fitzgerald's first work of fiction. is a classically plotted British mystery centred around the arrival of the 'Golden Child' at a London museum. While a new exhibit lures thousands of curious spectators. it also becomes the sinister focus in a web of intrigue and murder. The Golden Child shows how Fitzgerald's distinctive wit and

Sheltered in the garden and the house

she spends her childhood in the ‘Scriptorium’

As Japanese bombs fall on their beloved city

Since birth and death deal with the essence of our being

A chef experiments with a new dish and new ingredients

Thus began the ground-breaking investigation that saw an international team of 400 journalists work in secret for a year to uncover cases involving heads of state

following thirteen books of poetry and two collections of essays

Fitzgerald wrote five novels This Side of Paradise

had been deliberately created to confuse city folk and amuse the locals

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It starts with a question

became a wired and lethally booby-trapped monument to a world torn apart by fiercely antagonistic ideologies