# A House and Its Head

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- Authors: [Ivy Compton-Burnett](https://www.bookquiver.com/ivy-compton-burnett), [Francine Prose](https://www.bookquiver.com/francine-prose)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2001-02-28

## Description

A radical thinker, one of the rare modern heretics, said Mary McCarthy of Ivy Compton-Burnett, in whose austere, savage, and bitingly funny novels anything can happen and no one will ever escape. The long,...

## Editions

### A House and Its Head

- Publisher: nyrb_classics
- ISBN: 978-09-4032-264-6
- Pages: 304
- Published: 2001-02-28
- Language: en_US