LONDON: HEINEMANN. FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. PUB 2008. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. THE FIRST BOOK OF THE SON OF THE FAMOUS ESPIONAGE WRITER JOHN LE CARRE / SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE . BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. IS FINE AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK. .

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A wildly entertaining novel, introducing a bold new voice that combines antic humor (think Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut) with a stunning futuristic vision (a la A Clockwork Orange and 1984) to give us an electrifyingly original tale of love, friendship and the apocalypse..A wildly entertaining debut novel, introducing a bold new voice that combines antic humour with a stunning futuristic vision to give us an electrifyingly original version of the apocalypse.The Jorgmund Pipe is the backbone of the world, and it's on fire. Gonzo Lubitsch, professional hero and troubleshooter, is hired to put it out – but there's more to the fire, and the Pipe itself, than meets the eye. The job will take Gonzo and his best friend, our narrator, back to their own beginnings and into the dark heart of the Jorgmund Company itself. From rural childhood in Cricklewood Cove to military service in a bewildering foreign war; from Jarndice University to the sawdust of the Nameless Bar; their story is the story of the Gone-Away World. It is the history of a friendship stretched beyond its limits; a tale of love and loss; of ninjas, pirates, politics; of curious heroism in strange and dangerous places.Part adventure, part comic odyssey, and part geek nirvana, this is The Gone-Away World.

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Bookseller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: COLLECTI014618I
Title: THE GONE-AWAY WORLD (SIGNED)
Author: HARKAWAY, NICK
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET
Edition: FIRST EDITION
Publisher: HEINEMANN
Place of Publication: LONDON
Date Published: PUB 2008
Keywords: THE FIRST BOOK OF THE SON OF THE FAMOUS ESPIONAGE WRITER JOHN LE CARRE, / SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE, NOVEL, FANTASY, POST CATASTROPHE, SIGNED

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