Love Your Enemies; Wide Open; Clear: A Transparent Novel; Darkmans; Burley Cross Postbox Theft; The Yips; In the Approaches; The Cauliflower; H(a)ppy; I Am Sovereign
Published by Faber and Faber; Fourth Estate; William Heinemann 1993-2019, London, 1993
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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A terrific set of first edition novels from Nicola Barker, populated with eccentric characters and wildly comic and strange narratives. The first edition, first printings of these works.Each with the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers.This ten-volume set contains a delightful selection of works from English author, Nicola Barker, including her Man Booker-shortlisted 'Darkmans', the IMPAC-winning 'Wide Open', and her first short story collection, 'Love Your Enemies'.Barker's novels are known to involve eccentric characters in mundane situations, as well as bleak or isolated settings. She was named as one of the 20 Best Young British Novelists by Granta in 2005, and has had two of her other works longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, 'Clear' and 'The Yips'.With a promotional flyer tipped in to 'Darkmans'.This set includes the following titles:'Love Your Enemies' (1993) - A wonderfully strange selection of short stories, featuring a series of marginalised characters who seek truth in the obsession and oppression of everyday existence.'Wide Open' (1998) - Set on the Isle of Sheppey, this witty novel follows a formed friendship between two men, one who invites the other to live at his prefab near the beach.'Clear: A Transparent Novel' (2004) - This novel takes place in London during David Blaine's Above the Below 44-day fast in London in 2003.'Darkmans' (2007) - A wildly comic novel that takes place in Ashford, Kent. The story focuses on a father-son pair named Daniel and Kane Beede, and explores two old-fashioned subjects: love and jealousy.'Burley Cross Postbox Theft' (2010) - Just before Christmas, a postbox from the quaint village of Burley Cross is subject to a theft, where the contents are dumped in a binbag in the backyard of the local hairdresser.'The Yips' (2012) - A delightful cast of eccentric characters populate this humorous novel, who get caught up in the unfolding drama that takes place at the Thistle Hotel in Luton.'In the Approaches' (2014) - A twisted romantic comedy set in the coastal village of Pett Level in 1984, uncovering the events that unfolded after the arrival of a charismatic family.'The Cauliflower' (2016) - A vibrant novel that maps the extraordinary life and legacy of a 19th-century Hindu saint.'H(a)ppy' (2017) - A story set in a dystopian future where people's emotions are regulated and their access to information controlled.'I Am Sovereign' (2019) - A blurring of fiction and reality, featuring a boutique teddy-bear maker named Charles who is trying, and failing, to sell his house. With an estate agent who must rein in Charles' unhelpful eccentricities. In the original cloth bindings. With the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, excellent, with instances of shelf wear only. Dust wrappers are also excellent, with slight edge wear, most notable to 'The Yips' and 'Love Your Enemies'. A few marks to the wraps of 'Clear' and 'The Yips'. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine.…
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- Title
- Love Your Enemies; Wide Open; Clear: A Transparent Novel; Darkmans; Burley Cross Postbox Theft; The Yips; In the Approaches; The Cauliflower; H(a)ppy; I Am Sovereign
- Author
- Nicola Barker
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber; Fourth Estate; William Heinemann 1993-2019, London
- Publication year
- 1993
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good Indeed
- Book Type
- book
- Binding
- Cloth
- Illustrator
- None
- Edition
- First edition.
- Item weight
- 5 kilograms
- Dimensions
- 9" by 6"
Rooke Books PBFA
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