George And Rue
Language: English
Published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2004
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: A Good Read, Toronto, ON, CanadaA Good Read
AbeBooks seller since June 4, 2015
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 19.29
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Minor bruising at top spine. Flat-signed by author on title page. Small stain on upper outer tip of half-title page. ; 8.50 X 5.80 X 1 inches; 230 pages; Signed by Author.
Seller Inventory # 127651
- Title
- George And Rue
- Author
- Clarke, George
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0002255391
- ISBN 13
- 9780002255394
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing.
IT WAS, BY ALL ACCOUNTS, a “slug-ugly” crime. Brothers George and Rufus Hamilton, in a robbery gone wrong, drunkenly bludgeoned a taxi driver to death with a hammer. It was 1949, and the two siblings, part Mi’kmaq and part African, were both hanged in Fredericton for the killing.
Those facts are also skeletons in George Elliott Clarke’s family closet. Both repelled and intrigued by his ancestral cousins’ deeds, Clarke set out to discover just what kind of forces would reduce men to crime, violence and, ultimately, murder. His findings took shape in the 2001 Governor General’s Award–winning Execution Poems and culminates brilliantly in George & Rue. The novel shifts seamlessly back into the killers’ pasts, recounting a bleak and sometimes comic tale of victims of violence who became killers, a black community too poor and too shamed to assist its downtrodden members, and a white community bent on condemning all blacks as dangerous outsiders.
George & Rue is a book about a death that brims with fierce vitality and dark humour. Infused with the sensual, rhythmic beauty that so often defines Clarke’s writing, here is a literary debut that will be marked by celebration—and controversy.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
GEORGE ELLIOTT CLARKE is an award-winning poet, playwrightand screenwriter. He is the author of six books of poetry, including WhylahFalls, a 2002 CBC Canada Reads finalist, and Execution Poems, winnerof the 2001 Governor General’s Award for Poetry. Clarke was born in Windsor,Nova Scotia, near the black Loyalist community of Three Mile Plains. He nowlives in Toronto, where he is currently the E. J. Pratt Professor of CanadianLiterature at the University of Toronto, but also owns land in Nova Scotia. Hewas recently awarded the Trudeau Fellowship.
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping rates from Canada to U.S.A.
| Item | 7 to 14 business days | 4 to 7 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 8.24 | £ 11.99 |
Payment methods
Specialty
New, Used, CollectibleSeller's business information
A Good Read
ON, Canada
Terms of sale
Please note that all discretionary returns will be at the customer's expense and the item cost only will be refunded upon receipt back of the item undamaged. If an item has arrived damaged please let us know so we can determine the best resolution.
Right of withdrawal
If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.
Information regarding the right of withdrawal
Statutory right to withdraw
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.
To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.
To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Effects of withdrawal
If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.
We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to A Good Read, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
Exceptions to the right of withdrawal
The right of withdrawal does not apply to:
- The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
- The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.
Shipping terms
Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.