There But For The (SCARCE FIRST BRITISH EDITION, FIFTH PRINTING SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ALI SMITH)

Smith, Ali

ISBN 10: 0241143403 / ISBN 13: 9780241143407

Published by Hamish Hamilton, London, 2011

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VG+/VG+. First British Edition, Fifth Printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ALI SMITH, without dedication or inscription on title-page. A psychological fiction in which a stranger goes upstairs , locks himself in one of the bedrooms and won't come out. There is a small circular sticker 'SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR' on front panel of d/w; else a very good plus copy, in a very good plus d/w, of a SCARCE first British edition, fifth printing SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ALI SMITH. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: There But For The (SCARCE FIRST BRITISH EDITION, FIFTH PRINTING SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ALI SMITH)
• Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, London
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241143403
• ISBN 13: 9780241143407
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: First British Edition, Fifth Printing.
• Condition: Very Good Plus
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus
• Signed: Signed by Author, Ali Smith
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction
  • Modern First Edition

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Synopsis

There but for the is the sparkling satirical novel by bestselling Ali Smith

'There once was a man who, one night between the main course and the sweet at a dinner party, went upstairs and locked himself in one of the bedrooms of the house of the people who were giving the dinner party . . .'

As time passes by and the consequences of this stranger's actions ripple outwards, touching the owners, the guests, the neighbours and the whole country, so Ali Smith draws us into a beautiful, strange place where everyone is so much more than they at first appear.

There but for the was hailed as one of the best books of 2011 by Jeanette Winterson, A.S. Byatt, Patrick Ness, Sebastian Barry, Boyd Tonkin, Erica Wagner and Nick Barley.

'Dazzlingly inventive' A.S. Byatt

'Whimsically devastating. Playful, humorous, serious, profoundly clever and profoundly affecting' Guardian

'A real gem' Erica Wagner, The Times

'Eccentric, adventurous, intoxicating, dazzling. This is a novel with serious ambitions that remains huge fun to read' Literary Review

'If you liked Smith's earlier fiction, you will know that she enjoys setting up a situation before chucking in a literary Molotov cocktail then describing what happens' Sunday Express

'Wonderful, word-playful, compelling' Jeanette Winterson

'Smith can make anything happen, which is why she is one of our most exciting writers today' Daily Telegraph

'I take my hat off to Ali Smith. Her writing lifts the soul' Evening Standard

Ali Smith is the author of novels Girl Meets Boy, Like and the bestsellers The Accidental and Hotel World. She has published the short story collections The First Person and Other Stories, Free Love and Other Stories, Other Stories and Other Stories and The Whole Story and Other Stories. She has been twice-shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, twice nominated for the Orange Prize and won the Whitbread Novel of the Year in 2005.

About the Author

Ali Smith is the author of Free Love and Other Stories, Like, Other Stories and Other Stories, Hotel World, The Whole Story and Other Stories, The Accidental, Girl Meets Boy, The First Person and Other Stories, There but for the, Artful, How to be both, Public library and other stories and Autumn. Hotel World was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize and The Accidental was shortlisted for the Man Booker and the Orange Prize. How to be both won the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, the Goldsmiths Prize and the Costa Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Man Booker and the Folio Prize. Ali Smith lives in Cambridge.