Toronto, Canada: McClelland & Stewart Limited, 1999. First printing. Signed by author on title page. Lightly bumped on ends of spine, light scratch (1/8 inch) on fore edge, else near fine. DJ lightly wrinkled on head of spine, rubbed along front flap fold, else near fine. Protected in mylar.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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M. G. Vassanji was born in Kenya and raised in Tanzania. Before coming to Canada in 1978, he attended M.I.T., and later was writer-in-residence at the University of Iowa in their prestigious International Writing Program. Vassanji’s fiction to date comprises five novels and a book of short stories: The Gunny Sack (1989), which won a Regional Commonwealth Writers Prize; No New Land (1991); Uhuru Street (short stories, 1992); The Book of Secrets (1994), a national bestseller and the winner of the inaugural Giller Prize; Amriika (1999); and, most recently, The In-Between World of Vikram Lall (2003), which won The Giller Prize. Vassanji was awarded the Harbourfront Festival Prize in 1994, in recognition of his achievement in and contribution to the world of letters, and was in that same year chosen as one of twelve Canadians on Maclean’s Honour Roll. M. G. Vassanji lives in Toronto.

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Bookseller: Lindenlea Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 001718
Title: Amriika: A Novel (signed)
Author: Vassanji, M.G
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0771087233
ISBN 13: 9780771087233
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Limited
Place of Publication: Toronto, Canada
Date Published: 1999
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: M.G. Vassanji
Bookseller catalogs: Canadian;

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