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Offshore
by Penelope Fitzgerald
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0805005617
- ISBN 13
- 9780805005615
- Seller
-
Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
First American hardcover edition, published by Henry Holt, 1979. Winner of the Booker Prize in 1979, first published in the US in 1987. The story of a group of houseboat dwellers moored on the Thames. This copy is not a remainder, not a library discard. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. The dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped, original price of $15.95 is printed on the top corner of the front flap. The jacket has been protected with a clear, removable cover. Light gray colored boards over green cloth covered spine with the title and author name in silver on the spine. There is a very slight bump to the bottom edge of the front board, barely noticeable though. Attached photo is of the copy we have in our inventory, not a stock photo.
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
- Hopkins Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21-165
- Title
- Offshore
- Author
- Penelope Fitzgerald
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0805005617
- ISBN 13
- 9780805005615
- Publisher
- Henry Holt & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Booker Prize, London, Thames
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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About the Seller
Hopkins Books
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Nashua, New Hampshire
About Hopkins Books
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