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CHILD'S PLAY: With Eustace, and The Prowler
by Malouf, David
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0701139021
- ISBN 13
- 9780701139025
- Seller
-
Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1982. 215pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Plain blue boards very good. Tiny foxing flecks to textblock head, mild tanning to edges, previous owner's name to ffep., else leaves clean and unmarked. Minor edge-creasing to text-printed dustjacket. From the jacket flap: "In an apartment block in a certain town there is an office where a group of young people work from 8.30 in the morning to 7 at night, six days a week. Their way of life, at any rate during office hours, is dedicated and austere . . . these young people are terrorists. A crime only becomes real when it is reported by the media: hence its victim must be someone famous. The target assigned to the narrator is a national figure, now 80 years old . . . " 20 chapters. "Accompanied by two stories, 'Eustace' and 'The Prowler'; in these the author skilfully creates a darkened world in which threatening implications point to sinister conclusions." Book weight approx. 375g. (This book will post as a small parcel within Australia only, and postage charge will be reduced accordingly). First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - (approx. 20.25cm x 13.25cm).
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014872
- Title
- CHILD'S PLAY: With Eustace, and The Prowler
- Author
- Malouf, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0701139021
- ISBN 13
- 9780701139025
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- 8vo - (approx. 20.25cm x 13.25cm
- Keywords
- Fiction, Short Stories, David Malouf
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction General; Fiction-First Editions;
Terms of Sale
Diversity Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Diversity Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2005
Korumburra, Victoria
About Diversity Books, IOBA
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