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Thomas Squire, star of a popular television program and a specialist in media theory, faces his life's dilemma, the dissolution of his marriage, and the sullying of his family name
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A complex, thoughtful and beguiling story by one of our best novelists (WILLIAM Boyd)
His dialogue is impeccable and his narrative is glazed with customary wit (DAILY TELEGRAPH)
Astonishingly prolific and surprisingly humane and solid (OBSERVER)
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His dialogue is impeccable and his narrative is glazed with customary wit (DAILY TELEGRAPH)
Astonishingly prolific and surprisingly humane and solid (OBSERVER)
* First in a quartet that presents an unrivalled mirror for our times - and our impending future.
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- PublisherLittlehampton Book Services Ltd
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 0297777440
- ISBN 13 9780297777441
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages310
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Life in the West
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(1980)
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. No Jacket. First Edition. Ex-Library. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp 310 - ex-lib with dust jacket pasted down onto cloth, with a stamp on title page. Pages clean and tight. The internals are good, clean and tight. Seller Inventory # 000695
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Blue coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper by Michael Litherland, with red and black titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear dustwrapper panel. The first contemporary novel of the science-fiction writer Brian W. Aldiss. A novel that ranges from England, Sicily, Singapore and Yugoslavia, and of the misadventures of Thomas C. Squire as he lurches from worldly success to private dysfunction. Minor rubbing to the book edges and faint dust marks and foxing to the top textblock edge. A few other marks to the front fore text edge. Rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and panels. The major fault with the dustwrapper has been sunning to all edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (10), 310 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: fiction; Literature & Literary. ISBN: 0297777440. ISBN/EAN: 9780297777441. Inventory No: 0112605. Seller Inventory # 0112605
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. VG+ / VG+. 1st Printing of the 1980 W&N 1st Edition, SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR on TP. Book is straight, square, tightly bound and, except for faint age mottling along top edge and small soil dot on bottom edge, free of any markings, other blemishes and gutter creasing. Cover and unclipped Dust Jacket (reflecting original GBP £5.95 price, mildly age toned and encased in protective mylar) are clean and otherwise bright, with sharp corners and joints, lightly bumped DJ headband and tail, otherwise straight heads, tails, spine / backstrip, hinges and edges, boldly legible lettering and crisply distinct design, artwork and Author image. (Please see Seller images). ISBN 0297777440. ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping; please contact ShiroBooks PRIOR TO ORDERING or for more information, details or photos. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 005080
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