Trader

Charles De Lint

ISBN 10: 0333672127 / ISBN 13: 9780333672129

Published by Macmillan 1997 First Edition in the UK First Printing, 1997

About this Item

Macmillan 1997 First Edition in the UK First Printing Slightly bumped at top and base of spine, one page corner creased and page edges lightly browned and slightly marked else Fine book in like, slightly creased, Dust Jacket With Publisher's Promotion Sheet ''. compelling story of a change of souls. inexplicably wake up one morning in each other's bodies. a journey that will take him. to an otherworld of dreams and spirits - where he must confront. his own deepest fears. ''.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Trader
• Publisher: Macmillan 1997 First Edition in the UK First Printing
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333672127
• ISBN 13: 9780333672129
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: Book

About this title

Synopsis

Max Trader is a master craftsman - a maker of guitars, solitary, and quiet. Johnny Devlin is unemployed - a ladykiller, a drunk, a charming loser. One morning they inexplicably wake up in each other's bodies - a total switch.

Review

When a mischievous spirit grants loser Johnny Devlin's wish for someone else's life, Max Trader wakes up in Johnny's body, surrounded by the emotionally vacant shambles Johnny has left behind, bankrupt and farther down in the world than he has ever imagined being. Jarred from his complacent, self-contained path, Max has only his inner resources for both emotional and financial support. He wants his life back, but, as he struggles for it, he realizes that he will no longer be satisfied with things as they were. Fans of de Lint's previous work will enjoy this gently didactic story set in a fictional thirtysomethingish community of arty waifs and folk musicians.