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Fools of Fortune
by Trevor, William
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0370309537
- ISBN 13
- 9780370309538
- Seller
-
Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
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About This Item
London: Bodley Head, 1983. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, 239 pages; ex-library copy with usual flaws of stamps, labels, two card pockets and tape residue to covers, spine cocked, cover edges have only light shelf wear, faded old (coffee?) stains to top edge with just traces of penetration to upper margins, tight in binding, and text pages are otherwise clean and unmarked; the mylar-protected DJ is surprisingly very good, bright, clean and attractive, two very tiny chips (DJ easily removed from protector).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good.
Synopsis
Penguin Classics is proud to welcome William Trevor—"Ireland’s answer to Chekhov" ( The Boston Globe ) and "one of the best writers of our era" ( The Washington Post )—to our distinguished list of literary masters. In this award-winning novel, an informer’s body is found on the estate of a wealthy Irish family shortly after the First World War, and an appalling cycle of revenge is set in motion. Led by a zealous sergeant, the Black and Tans set fire to the family home, and only young Willie and his mother escape alive. Fatherless, Willie grows into manhood while his alcoholic mother’s bitter resentment festers. And though he finds love, Willie is unable to leave the terrible injuries of the past behind. First time in Penguin Classics Winner of the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award
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- Seller
- Eric James
(CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 038855
- Title
- Fools of Fortune
- Author
- Trevor, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0370309537
- ISBN 13
- 9780370309538
- Publisher
- Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- BRITISH IRELAND FICTION SHORT STORIES SINGLE AUTHOR Irish ENGLISH
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories;
Terms of Sale
Eric James
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- Price Clipped
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- Cocked
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- Shelf Wear
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
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