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The Hiding Place
by Trezza Azzopardi
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- FINE ( AS BRAND NEW)/Near Fine Not Price Clipped
- ISBN 10
- 0330390759
- ISBN 13
- 9780330390750
- Seller
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Peter Tavy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Picador, 2000. "This brilliant first novel is set in the Maltese community of Tiger Bay in Cardiff where the author grew up. Dolores, the narrator tells the story of her childhood - her father, Frankie, a compulsive gambler who, due to a misunderstanding at the moment of her birth (he is convinced that his wife will finally give birth to a boy after a multitude of daughters) loses everything to his rival Joe Medora, head of the Maltese Mafia. Frankie's gambling leads to the fire which disfigures Dolores. There is a terrifyingly vivid scene as Dolores remembers watching her hand being burnt in the fire that destroys their home and the moment when Joe claims one of Frankie's daughters as his own. The author evokes the world of Dolores and her family with brilliant power and sensitivity. The novel flits between past and present as Dolores reflects on her childhood and the lives that her father created for himself and his children." Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 282pp E-mail for further details. Not Signed. This is a First Edition 2nd Impression. Green Cloth. FINE ( AS BRAND NEW)/Near Fine Not Price Clipped. Illus. by Jacket Photograph By William Gedney . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". HARDBACK.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfarm (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000769
- Title
- The Hiding Place
- Author
- Trezza Azzopardi
- Illustrator
- Jacket Photograph By William Gedney
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New FINE ( AS BRAND NEW)
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine Not Price Clipped
- Edition
- This is a First Edition 2nd Impression
- ISBN 10
- 0330390759
- ISBN 13
- 9780330390750
- Publisher
- Picador
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- WALES FICTION GENERAL Novel Modern Firsts Booker Prize Shortlist
- Bookseller catalogs
- Westcountry Interest; Scholastic Interest; Modern Firsts; AN ISBN4;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
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