Isbn: 9780887621673 - a Perfect Night to Go to China (24 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Winner of the 2005 Governor General's Award for Fiction This astonishing novel - unlike anything Gilmour has ever written before - begins with every parent's worst nightmare: the disappearance of a child. A father makes a casual error of judgement one evening and leaves his six-year-old son alone for fifteen minutes. When he returns the child is gone and three lives are changed forever. Has the boy been kidnapped? Spirited out of the country? Is he dead? The story that unfolds is told by the novel's narrator, a television host named Roman, who searches for his son through the city and through the underworld of dreams and tries to bring him back. Pursued by an unshakeable conviction that his son is speaking directly to him, Roman begins to enter a haunting relationship with the missing child and his own conscience. In the meantime, his behaviour becomes increasingly erratic and he is rejected by his grieving and angry wife, eventually fired from his job, and shadowed by a persistent policeman who thinks Roman is hiding the child. Written in the clear, elegant prose Gilmour is known for, A Perfect Night to Go to China is a completely absorbing and original work of fiction. It sets up a harrowing premise and doesn't let up until the last surprising page.…

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Winner of the 2005 Governor General's Award for Fiction This astonishing novel - unlike anything Gilmour has ever written before - begins with every parent's worst nightmare: the disappearance of a child. A father makes a casual error of judgement one evening and leaves his six-year-old son alone for fifteen minutes. When he returns the child is gone and three lives are changed forever. Has the boy been kidnapped? Spirited out of the country? Is he dead? The story that unfolds is told by the novel's narrator, a television host named Roman, who searches for his son through the city and through the underworld of dreams and tries to bring him back. Pursued by an unshakeable conviction that his son is speaking directly to him, Roman begins to enter a haunting relationship with the missing child and his own conscience. In the meantime, his behaviour becomes increasingly erratic and he is rejected by his grieving and angry wife, eventually fired from his job, and shadowed by a persistent policeman who thinks Roman is hiding the child. Written in the clear, elegant prose Gilmour is known for, A Perfect Night to Go to China is a completely absorbing and original work of fiction. It sets up a harrowing premise and doesn't let up until the last surprising page.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. A few wrinkles on edges of d/j. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Slight edgewear. 2nd printing.

hardcover. Condition: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Second Printing. pp.179. clean tight copy Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. Jacket Condition: 'VG+' Condition: 'NF' Notes: Governor-General's Award winner.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. In our warehouse.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good Mylar Wrapped.

Condition: Used: Like New. Envoi rapide et protégé.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean, tight, unmarked; name on ffep; otherwise absolute minimal shelfwear; "This book sets up a harrowing premise and elevates it into a story of surprising beauty. This is a deeply touching and original work of fiction that doesn't let up until the last surprising page.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. First printing. Signed by author on title page. Winner of the 2005 Governor General's Award for English Language Fiction. Lightly bumped on ends of spine, faint pencil erasure mark on ffep, else fine. DJ lightly wrinkled on ends of spine and ends of flap folds, 2 pinpoint depressions on rear, lightly smudged along spine on rear and at head of spine and top of flap fold on front, gold "The GG's Winner" sticker attached to front, else very good plus. Protected in mylar. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Flat-signed by author on title page. ; 8 X 5.60 X 0.90 inches; 192 pages; Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Very fine in VF dustjacket with circular sticker front panel - 'Winner of the Governor General's Award'.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. First printing. Signed , dated (Ottawa, 2011) by author on title page. Winner of the 2005 Governor General's Award for English Language Fiction. Protected in mylar. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Flat-signed by author on title page. ; 0.9 x 8 x 5.6 Inches; 192 pages; Signed by Author. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing in Fine/Fine Condition in a Brodart cover. Signed by the author. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 179 p. 21 cm. Black cloth in mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket. Small stain at top rear panel of jacket. Signed by author on title page.

[0-88762-167-8] [2005]. (Hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 179pp. Signed by the author. (Fiction--Canada).

Hard Cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 2 By Number Line. Black cloth cover with silver lettering on spine. Dust jacket with photograph of young boy in profile carrying a toy boat. Winner of the Governor General's award. Signed by author (unverified). In absolutely perfect condition! Any picture found beside this listing may NOT actually be a picture of this book but a stock photo used by the listing site. 3 R's Used Books and Hannelore Headley Old & Fine Books, Inc. are committed to saving the trees one leaf at the time. Signed by Author.…