Maraboustork Nightmares.
by Welsh, Irvine
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- Paperback
- Signed
- first
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London; Jonathan Cape, 1995., 1995. Mass Market Paperback. SIGNED FIRST EDITION with complete number string. Softcover (not issued in hardcover) octavo, pp. [14], 264. Pictorial card wraps. Covers lightly scuffed with minor shelf-wear to edge; leaves very lightly toned as usual, with minor staining to text-block edge. Boldly signed by the Author without dedication to title page and dated in year of publication: 2/5/95. A Very Good copy. Welsh's third novel: the story of Roy Strang, whose task is to eradicate the storks before they drive away the flamingo from Lake Torto, with flashbacks to his youth in gangland Scotland.
Synopsis
Marabou Stork Nightmares is a novel by Irvine Welsh. The book's narrative is split into two styles: a conventional first person account of the past and a more surreal, stream of consciousness account of an otherworldly present. Like many of Welsh's novels, its tone veers from black comedy to outright tragedy, and is written for most parts in Welsh's trademark Edinburgh Scots dialect.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8796
- Title
- Maraboustork Nightmares.
- Author
- Welsh, Irvine
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- London; Jonathan Cape, 1995.
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Fiction
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