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Offshore
by Fitzgerald, Penelope
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +/Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0002216140
- ISBN 13
- 9780002216142
- Seller
-
Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Collins, 1979. Book. Good +. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. G+, Shelfwear, spine lean, ink gift inscrption on front free endpaper with recipient's name blacked out, previous owner's Ex Libris label on inner front board/G+, Price intact, spine faded to pale blue with some encroachment onto rear panel, edgewear, flake to top corner of front panel at flap hinge, some crumpling & indentations. Psychological drama, Winner of the Booker Prize. Jacket illustration by George Murray. Photos on request..
Synopsis
Penelope Knox Fitzgerald is a Booker Prize-winning English novelist, poet, and essayist. Her novel, Offshore , was the recipient of the Man Booker prize in 1979. In this story a fascinating group of mild eccentrics are living on riverboats moored on the Thames in an area known as Battersea Reach. Most of the attention is focused on Nenna, a bohemian Canadian expatriate whose husband has left her and who is left veritably struggling to keep things afloat. Ms. Fitzgerald does a spectacular job of inviting the reader in to witness how each member of the group has the capacity to complicate the lives of the others. It is a fabulous comedy with a definite edge that will linger long after the story is told.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Klanhorn
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036013
- Title
- Offshore
- Author
- Fitzgerald, Penelope
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0002216140
- ISBN 13
- 9780002216142
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- George Murray
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Klanhorn
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Queanbeyan, NSW
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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