| 词条 | A Quiet Drink |
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| name = A Quiet Drink | image = AQuietDrink.jpg | caption = First edition | author = Deborah Moggach | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | series = | genre = | publisher = Collins | release_date = 1980 | english_release_date = | media_type = Print | pages = 224 | isbn = 0-00-221678-7 | oclc= | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}A Quiet Drink, is the third novel by English author Deborah Moggach, first published in 1980. Unlike her previous two novels it departs from the autobiographical.[1] Plot introductionThe book is set in London and concerns Claudia a magazine editor whose husband has just left her, Steve Mullen a cosmetics rep, and his wife June. Claudia is still yearning after her husband but then finds herself a lodger, the mysterious Alistair a librarian who keeps a diary which Claudia is desperate to read. Steve is realising his marriage to the June is beginning to lose its sparkle, whilst June has given up her job and is spending time at the library trying to educate herself. Eventually Steve and Claudia meet and go for 'a quiet drink' which has far-reaching consequences... Reception
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References1. ^1 2 3 www.deborahmoggach.com {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213033608/http://www.deborahmoggach.com/pages/books/quiet_drink.htm |date=December 13, 2012 }} Retrieved 2012-12-11. 2. ^www.fantasticfiction.co.uk Retrieved 2012-12-11. External links
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