# A Short Gentleman

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- Book: [A Short Gentleman](https://www.bookquiver.com/jon-canter/a-short-gentleman) ([A Short Gentleman.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jon-canter/a-short-gentleman.md))
- Authors: [Jon Canter](https://www.bookquiver.com/jon-canter)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9949-285-6
- Pages: 384
- Published: 2009-03-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

How did Robert Purcell, distinguished barrister and perfect specimen of the British Establishment, end up in prison? An intellectual giant but an emotional pygmy, Robert is a man struggling to come to terms with the forces that have brought him down, from the wife who wanted him to change, to the ex-girlfriend who came back to haunt him and the childhood bully who turned into an adult bully. Despite everything, Robert remains the same magnificently self-righteous man he always was, utterly resistant to therapy, change and the emotional demands of the opposite sex.