Signals of distress

jim crace

Published by Penguin, 1995

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Harmondsworth:WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE IF POSSIBLE - SOFT COVER EDITION Penguin, 1995 Used November, 1836 A fierce gale beaches an American sail ship off the English coast, injuring an African slave below decks and eventually disgorging 300 head of cattle and rowdy American sailors into a hardscrabble fishing village The same storm drives into port a steamer, bearing one Aymer Smith, the well-intentioned but foolish prig who will deprive the town of its livelihood, free the African slave, and set into motion a whole series of unforeseeable, tragicomic eventsOne of the most seductive and surprising novelists at work today, Jim Crace once again creates a richly strange and believable world; one uncannily familiar to our own.

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• Title: Signals of distress
• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
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