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The Fire Gospel.
by Faber, Michel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Canongate, 2008. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 8vo, pp. [x], 213, [1]. Original black boards, front board blocked in white, spine lettered in white, colour-printed dustjacket. A fine copy. Neatly signed by the author to the title-page.
Synopsis
Michel Faber has written seven other books, including the highly acclaimed The Crimson Petal and the White , The Fahrenheit Twins and the Whitbread-shortlisted novel Under the Skin . The Apple , based on characters in The Crimson Petal and the White , was published in 2006. He has also written two novellas, The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps and The Courage Consort , and has won several short-story awards, including the Neil Gunn, Ian St James and Macallan. Born in Holland, brought up in Australia, he lives in the Scottish Highlands.
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Details
- Bookseller
- McNaughtan's Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5682
- Title
- The Fire Gospel.
- Author
- Faber, Michel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Canongate
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- Literature Modern First Editions Signed
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