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Child's Play: The Bread of Time to Come
by Malouf, David
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0807610321
- ISBN 13
- 9780807610329
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HARWICH PORT, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: George Braziller Inc, 1982. New York, NY, George Braziller, 1982. First edition. 8vo. Brown hardcover with white lettering embossed on spine and white puppet figure embossed on front board, gray top edge on text block, 282 pp. Two novellas: "Child's Play": This is an astonishing account of a contemporary Italian terrorist whose assignment it is to assassinate a distinguished and aging author. The complex lives of the narrator and his victim unfold and intertwine to create a remarkable destiny. "The Bread of Time to Come": Jim Saddler is growing up in Australia before the World War I and his a keen interest in birds and nature enables him to get a job as a game keeper on an estate. His adolescent idyll is overturned by the outbreak of war. This is a story of innocence tainted by violence, but also one of continuation and hope. New in a new dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
David Malouf is the author of ten novels and six volumes of poetry. His novel The Great World was awarded both the prestigious Commonwealth Prize and the Prix Femina Estranger. Remembering Babylon was short-listed for the Booker Prize. He lives in Sydney, Australia.
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- Respectful Exits
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020621
- Title
- Child's Play: The Bread of Time to Come
- Author
- Malouf, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0807610321
- ISBN 13
- 9780807610329
- Publisher
- George Braziller Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- VOVELLAS TERRORISM AUSTRALIA WORLD WAR I BATTLES SOLDIERS
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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