Grimus
by Rushdie, Salman
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0586086145
- ISBN 13
- 9780586086148
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. thus 7th reprint.* Date of Publication: 1986 (1977)* Publisher: Grafton Books.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers (different design to that illustrated). No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. Very slight colouration to paper throughout. VG+* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 253 pp. text. iii pp. advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- Salman Rushdie's first, breathtaking novel -- Flapping Eagle is a young Axona Indian gifted with immortal life after drinking an elixir from his wayward sister. But after 777 years of sailing the world's seas, he becomes weary of life, and sets out to find the mystical Calf Island, a place where his fellow immortals have gathered and created their own version of the human race. But Calf Island is a strange place - like its inhabitants, it is both blessed and cursed. Sensing a terrible darkness at the heart of the island, Flapping Eagle sets out to scale the island's peak and confront its mysterious and potent creator, Grimus himself..* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./7th. with minimal ageing.*
Synopsis
Grimus is a 1975 fantasy and science fiction novel written by Salman Rushdie. The story loosely follows Flapping Eagle, a young Indian who receives the gift of immortality after drinking a magic fluid. After drinking the fluid, Flapping Eagle wanders the earth for 777 years 7 months and 7 days, searching for his immortal sister and exploring identities before falling through a hole in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5705
- Title
- Grimus
- Author
- Rushdie, Salman
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint.
- ISBN 10
- 0586086145
- ISBN 13
- 9780586086148
- Publisher
- Paladin
- Place of Publication
- London UK 256
- Date Published
- 1989-01-01
- Size
- 19.6 x 13 x 2 cm
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- Shelf Wear
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- Calf
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