CONTORTIONIST'S HANDBOOK [Signed]

Clevenger, Craig

ISBN 10: 193156115X ISBN 13: 9781931561150

Published by MacAdam/Cage, San Francisco, California, 2005

Language: English

Condition: Used Hardcover

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Octavo, 199 pages. In Near Fine condition with a Near Fine dust jacket. Brown spine with white and yellow text. Dust jacket is protected with a mylar covering with a white numbered sticker on front cover, price uncut '$23.00'. Boards show minor bumping on lower rear corner of spine. Text block shows minor staining on head and tail edge. Signed flat by Craig Clevenger on the title page. Shelved in hallway. 1387947. Special Collections.

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Title

CONTORTIONIST'S HANDBOOK [Signed]

Publisher

MacAdam/Cage, San Francisco, California

Publication Date

2005

Language

English

ISBN 10

193156115X

ISBN 13

9781931561150

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition, First printing.

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John Dolan Vincent, a forger who suffers from migraine headaches and mental illness, invents a new identity for himself in order to be released from a mental hospital and build a new life.

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'A dazzling and highly original debut novel which instantly establishes its author as one of the most interesting writers to emerge in years. This book deserves to be massive and I think it will be' Irvine Welsh

‘Craig Clevenger has crafted an unforgettable antihero in John Dolan Vincent. This is an extraordinary debut’ Richard Kelly, director of Donnie Darko

‘What sticks out about this remarkable debut are its pitch-perfect shock ending and John Vincent himself – his complex, conflicting mind, original voice and unnervingly self-defeating existence’ Time Out

'A very impressive debut. The reader sees it from the con-artist's perspective, delivered in a snappy, first-person voice that Clevenger writes with assured flair. This is a tightly controlled piece of work with an intriguingly original approach to the genre that marks the author out as one to watch' Metro

‘Clevenger has created a manic monologist whose paranoia-inducing world pulls you in completely’ Seattle Times

‘Clevenger’s talent is revealed in his ability to create a true testament to the resilience of the human spirit’ USA Today

‘Immaculately detailed and emotionally explosive: this is rolling, riveting stuff’ Kirkus Reviews [starred]

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