Booth. First Printing. Signed by the Author

Fowler, Karen Joy

ISBN 10: 1788168631 / ISBN 13: 9781788168632

Published by London. Serpent's Tail/Profile Books Ltd, 2022

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London. Serpent's Tail/Profile Books Ltd. 2022. First Edition/First Printing (1 included in full number line on copyright page). Hard Cover. Medium 8vo. 6.5 x 9.3 . ([16.5cm x 23.5cm] approx. 466 pp. Black boards with metallic electric blue titles to the spine. Flat signed by the author without dedication to the title page. Jacket and book are both fine. Junius is the patriarch, a celebrated Shakespearean actor who fled bigamy charges in England, both a mesmerising talent and a man of terrifying instability. As his children grow up in a remote farmstead in 1830s rural Baltimore, the country draws ever closer to the boiling point of secession and civil war. Of the six Booth siblings who survive to adulthood, each has their own dreams they must fight to realise - but it is Johnny who makes the terrible decision that will change the course of history - the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The dust jacket will be protected with a new protective mylar sleeve which is removable. Please contact us if you would like any more information or additional images. Postage price quoted outside the UK is for a book up to 1kg using UPS. For books sent within the UK, there will be no extra charge for books up to 2kg which are sent by Royal Mail. Postage quoted in the UK is the actual cost (£3.45). All books are sent in protective packing and custom book box. If your book is intended as a gift, please let us know and we will gift wrap it free of charge with a card and any message.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Booth. First Printing. Signed by the Author
• Publisher: London. Serpent's Tail/Profile Books Ltd
• Publication Date: 2022
• ISBN 10: 1788168631
• ISBN 13: 9781788168632
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Weight: 750 grams
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022
A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022
A TELEGRAPH BEST FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022
A WATERSTONES BEST HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022
AN EVENING STADARD MUST-READ NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022
ONE OF NICOLA STURGEON'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2022

'Accomplished, immersive and profoundly satisfying' Cathy Rentzenbrink
'Effortlessly resonant ... breathes rich imaginative colour in her characters' Daily Telegraph

From the million-copy bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves comes an epic novel about the infamous, ill-fated Booth family.

SIX BROTHERS AND SISTERS. ONE INJUSTICE THAT WILL SHATTER THEIR BOND FOREVER.

Junius is the patriarch, a celebrated Shakespearean actor who fled bigamy charges in England, both a mesmerising talent and a man of terrifying instability. As his children grow up in a remote farmstead in 1830s rural Baltimore, the country draws ever closer to the boiling point of secession and civil war.

Of the six Booth siblings who survive to adulthood, each has their own dreams they must fight to realise - but it is Johnny who makes the terrible decision that will change the course of history - the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Booth is a riveting novel focused on the very things that bind, and break, a family.

'In its stretch and imaginative depth, Booth has an utterly seductive authority' Guardian

'Karen Joy Fowler's novels are wildly inventive and deservedly popular' Daily Mail

'Booth is a triumph!' Ruth Ozeki

'Captures with enthralling vividness a country caught in the grip of fanatical populism, ripped apart by irreconcilable political differences and boiling with fury and rage ... An unalloyed triumph' Literary Review

'Brilliantly recounts the story of the American theatrical dynasty that produced Lincoln's assassin' Sunday Times Book of the Month

'Her finest, most beautiful novel to date' Neel Mukherjee

About the Author

Karen Joy Fowler is the author of six novels and three short story collections. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014, won the PEN/Faulkner Prize and has sold over half a million copies. www.karenjoyfowler.com