This is a hilarious Rabelaisian novel of the new Canadian West. Rafferty is a prairie- modern romantic, roused to rebellion against reality with all its tyrannies and absurdities. This a novel filled with action, comic scenes and a superb sense of Place. Western Canada ha rarely been evoked so vividly.
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Seller: Laurel Reed Books, Stratford, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Clean bright and solid, mustard endpapers, blank black boards with gilt lettering on spine, jacket installed in plastic archival wrap, not clipped. Seller Inventory # 012130
Seller: Lindenlea Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First printing. Inscribed and signed by author on title page: "For _____, Best Wishes". Lightly rubbed on ends of spine, else near fine. Pages spotless. DJ lightly rubbed along top and bottom edge and on ends of flap folds, lightly surface rubbed, chipped at head of spine, 3 tears (1, 1/2, 1/4 inch) along top edge - overall, very good. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 004952
Seller: Spafford Books (ABAC / ILAB), Regina, SK, Canada
[0-77050895-2] 1972, 1st edition. (Cloth) Near fine in very good dust jacket. 210pp. Jacket shows edgewear. Inscribed and signed by author. Fellow prairie poet Anne Campbells name to ffep. Author's first novel. Seller Inventory # 128169