The Book of Strange New Things

Faber, Michel

ISBN 10: 1782114068 / ISBN 13: 9781782114062

Published by Canongate, Great Britain, 2014

About this Item

This is a true UK first edition / first printing, numbered '1' on the copyright page. Flat-signed by the author to the title page in black ink. A really nice copy. By the acclaimed author of 'Under the Skin' and 'The Crimson Petal and the White'. We protect all our books with a removable plastic cover and send them with care.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Book of Strange New Things
• Publisher: Canongate, Great Britain
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1782114068
• ISBN 13: 9781782114062
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

'I am with you always, even unto the end of the world . . .' Peter Leigh is a missionary called to go on the journey of a lifetime. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Bea, he boards a flight for a remote and unfamiliar land, a place where the locals are hungry for the teachings of the Bible - his 'book of strange new things'. It is a quest that will challenge Peter's beliefs, his understanding of the limits of the human body and, most of all, his love for Bea. The Book of Strange New Things is a wildly original tale of adventure, faith and the ties that might hold two people together when they are worlds apart. This momentous novel, Faber's first since The Crimson Petal and the White, sees him at his expectation-defying best. WINNER OF THE SALTIRE BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4

About the Author

Michel Faber has written nine books. In addition to the Whitbread-shortlisted Under the Skin, he is the author of the highly acclaimed The Crimson Petal and the White, The Book of Strange New Things, which was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award and won the 2015 Saltire Book of the Year, and most recently Undying, his first poetry collection. Born in Holland, brought up in Australia, he now lives in the UK.