Mr Coles

Simon Astaire

ISBN 10: 0704372150 / ISBN 13: 9780704372153

Published by Quartet Books, 2011

About this Item

Quartet, 2011. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. PRESENTATION COPY signed and personally inscribed by author Simon Astaire to his close friend Gary: For Gary, Keep in touch with me now please! A quote comes to mind, I m not paranoid it s just that everyone thinks I am! OR Because everyone thinks you re paranoid doesn t mean you re not! Bless you Simon March 2011 . No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Covers are flat and true and the corners are square. Dust jacket is not price-clipped. This signed first edition book is a beautiful collectible copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mr Coles
• Publisher: Quartet Books
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0704372150
• ISBN 13: 9780704372153
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed First Editions

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Synopsis

'A nun passed as I walked to the school. I touched her with my eyes and believed she blushed. Avalanches of melting snow fell from the rooftop and released a thud. No other sound, no one to be seen, the only sound was the thawing snow. The Headmaster and Mrs. Draper were out of town, far away in deepest Exmoor surrounded by fellow ghouls; thank God for that. I decided to take charge. I was to be the Headmaster for the week. Clifford Coles, Headmaster of Falston; it had a ring to it.' And so we follow the life of Clifford Coles, prep school master, fantasist, alcoholic. If there is a place Coles should not be, it is at an English boarding school, responsible for shaping young lives. He would disagree: remaining adamant that the boys would have no better teacher and that his life had been unfairly judged. A disturbing novel that blazes with originality, Mr Coles is a searing study of modern amorality. It compels our immediate response and serious reflection.

About the Author

Simon Astaire is the author of two previous novels. He divides his time between London and Los Angeles.