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by PIERRE**, D. B. C [pseud. Peter Finlay.]:

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ISBN 10
0571215157
ISBN 13
9780571215157
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [True 1st edn,precedes all other editions.] NFINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Pictorial colour illustrated dw/dj by Pentagram (an alleged,most-respected design team), with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges.Miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip,one tiny closed tear/nick to upper board's lower right-hand corner - no other nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges slightly toned/aged - as usual/normal; contents bright,tight and clean with some light dog-ear creasing to pp185-200.Near immaculate,publisher's original white paper-covered boards with bright,black ink blocked letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain red endpapers and no bumping to any corner. UK,8vo,279pp. Winner of the Whitbread First Novel prize and also surprise winner of the 2003 Man Booker Prize,this is the spectacular debut novel by an Australian author, pseudonym of Peter Finlay.
Published in a very small first print run to enormous critical acclaim,and now,no longer in print as a hardback. [Joseph Connolly, bookdealer-turned-novelist,recalls "saying to his wife that this sod, whoever he is,is going to be a name in the future. Anyone who can produce 'Vernon God Little' as a first attempt has got to have talent",after he was sent a proof of the book.]
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Vernon God Little is the Booker Prize winning debut novel of Australian-born author DBC Pierre, the pseudonym used by Peter Warren Finlay.

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Bookseller
R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
VERNON GOD LITTLE. **
Author
PIERRE**, D. B. C [pseud. Peter Finlay.]:
Book Condition
Used - Near FINE.
Jacket Condition
VG+.
Quantity Available
1
Edition
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0571215157
ISBN 13
9780571215157
Publisher
LONDON.FABER & FABER,2003.
Place of Publication
London
This edition first published
2003
Keywords
q52.MODERN FIRSTS2.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.ISBN 0571215157.Modern fiction.Debut novels.Booker Prize Winner.Whitbread First novel Prize.Peter Finlay_pseud.Pentagram.Joseph Connolly.Ludmilla's Broken English.Books new,used,signed,rare.
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