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Lord Arquiss was 77. He kept a Volvo the colour of a cheap brogue, and a 50-year-old ex-ballerina who claimed to be his wife. From the disaster they had salvaged an amazing 3rd Reich-style bed, the elongated black wooden posts of which were capped with vast polished eagles like lecterns. Every night you could see the two of them sitting up in this thing like two bull terriers in a pram.Highly praised by writers such as Iain Banks and the late Angela Carter, M. John Harrison's elegant, uneasy fictions deserve our attention. --Burhan Tufail
‘Harrison’s new collection is wonderfully haunting. Its subject is the fragility of the “real world” and how it is shattered by unmotivated violence, unusual belief-systems, madness, dreams and death. His stories are full of insight and extraordinary imagery.’ The Times
‘Harrison presents an England where the dead offer you cups of tea, Soho couples wear axes in their heads as a fashion statement and the roads are deserted enough for lonely men to race cars down the M4.’ Guardian
‘Deceptively light, crushingly assured... What impresses throughout is how spot-on Harrison is: emotionally and in the atmosphere he creates... reminiscent of Borges.’ Time Out
‘The sense of place is everything in these stories... Harrison is a visionary writer who deserves far greater recognition.’ Times Literary Supplement
From the reviews of previous books:
‘Like all good literature, Harrison’s stories are worth reading again and again: the more you read, the more you understand.’ IAIN BANKS
‘[The Ice Monkey] puts him in the company of Ian McEwan and Peter Carey, but he is grittier than Carey and wittier than McEwan.’ TLS
‘Imagine Reservoir Dogs scripted by Alan Bennett and you will have some idea of the flavour.’ The Times
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 256. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. M. John Harrison's first collection of stories since 'The Ice Monkey'. ISBN: 0575068310 Fine in fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # C46301
Book Description Hardback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 256. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. M. John Harrison's first collection of stories since 'The Ice Monkey'. The publisher's own retained copy with their stamp on the front pastedown reading Ôfile copy.Õ ISBN: 0575068310 Fine in fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # C73387
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. This is a true first edition, first printing (first impression) with no statement of reprint on the copyright page therefore indicating a true first print in a as new Dust Jacket. Signed by the author M. John Harrison to the title page. A collectors copy and uncommon especially when signed. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 007446