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The Grisly Wife
by HALL, Rodney
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0571169554
- ISBN 13
- 9780571169559
- Seller
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover : pp. [vi] [3] 261 [266] : blue cloth covered boards : jacket illustration by Andrzej Klimowski.
Toning to text block edges; jacket edges creased. The first UK printing of Hall's second novel in the Yandilli trilogy that included 'The Second Bridegroom' and 'Captivity Captive'. The novel won the 1994 Miles Franklin Literary Award. He has been nominated for the Booker Prize four times.
Toning to text block edges; jacket edges creased. The first UK printing of Hall's second novel in the Yandilli trilogy that included 'The Second Bridegroom' and 'Captivity Captive'. The novel won the 1994 Miles Franklin Literary Award. He has been nominated for the Booker Prize four times.
Synopsis
The Grisly Wife is a 1993 Miles Franklin literary award winning novel by the Australian author Rodney Hall. The Miles Franklin Award Judges' Report called it "a novel with a rather surprising vision. " This novel is the third book in The Yandilli Trilogy (also referred to as A Dream More Luminous Than Love), following the novels Captivity Captive in 1988, and The Second Bridgeroom in 1991.
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- Bookseller
- Archives Fine Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14270
- Title
- The Grisly Wife
- Author
- HALL, Rodney
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0571169554
- ISBN 13
- 9780571169559
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- FICTION, AUSTRALIA, NOVELS, LITERATURE, YANDILLI TRILOGY, MILES FRANKLIN AWARD NOISBN
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Brisbane, Queensland
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Archives Fine Books has been serving readers, collectors and institutions since 1985. Located in a heritage listed building in the heart of Brisbane's business district, it boasts a large inventory of fine second hand, collectible and rare books.
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