Lord of the Barnyard; Killing the Fatted Calf and Arming the Aware in the Corn Belt by Egolf, Tristan - 1998

Picador, London, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: James Porter -- Cover Art. 660 g.; XXII, 410 pages. Blue/gray coloured endpapers. Dark blue coloured boards with silver titles to the backstrip. A little softening of the backstrip edges and rubbing to the book corners. Light age toning to the text block edges. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, by James Porter, with white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and creasing to the dustwrapper edges, and to the backstrip and rear dustwrapper panels. The remains of a sticker can be seen to the lower edge of the rear dustwrapper panel. Black-and-white photographs of the author to the rear fold over panel. " Tristan Egolf's debut novel is a brilliantly comic tapestry of middle America -- of overtaxed assembly-line workers snapping on-the-job one afternoon, leaving their posts in mid-stride and driving stolen oil tankers through highway-side Baptist churches. Lord of the Barnyard is a painfully funny, unforgettable work of fiction about the lengths to which any reasonably sensitive soul might be given by years of quiet desperation on the factory floor." -- from the rear fold over panel blurb. Authors of first work. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: James Porter -- Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; First Work; ISBN: 0330368303. ISBN/EAN: 9780330368308. Inventory No: 0107868. . 9780330368308