The Pilgrim Hawk: A Love Story los angeles book from Guillaume de Machaut (ca

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The Pilgrim Hawk: A Love Story los angeles book from Guillaume de Machaut (caAuthor Contributor(s): Wescott, Glenway; Cunningham, Michael Publisher: NYRB Classics Date: 8 16 2011 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW This powerful short novel describes the events of a single afternoon. Alwyn Tower, an American expatriate and sometime novelist, is staying with a friend outside of Paris, when a well heeled, itinerant Irish couple drops inwith Lucy, their trained hawk, a restless, sullen, disturbingly totemic presence. Lunch is