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The Old Devils
by Amis, Kingsley
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0091637902
- ISBN 13
- 9780091637903
- Seller
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Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson, 1986. Reprint. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Alastair Taylor. 1986, third printing of first edition of same year. Size octavo, 294 pages. Tan hard cover with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated dust jacket. Book condition near fine, a very clean copy. Dust jacket condition very good, edges slightly curled, spine very slightly faded else fine, not price clipped. Winner of the 1986 Booker Prize for Fiction. Cover art by Alastair Taylor. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Synopsis
Kingsley William Amis was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. He was the recipient of the Man Booker prize in 1986 for the superbly written novel The Old Devils . The book is centered in Wales and revolves around the lives of several Welsh couples in their sixties. Alun and Rhiannon Weaver cause a commotion when they return to Wales after several years in England and begin associating with their former group of friends. Alun is a writer and is somewhat of a celebrity, and his wife Rhiannon was the girlfriend of Alums’ old acquaintance, Peter Thomas. Alun also has somewhat of a past with several ladies in the group of friends, thus causing a level of anxiety for the husbands. While drinking in the house of an acquaintance, Weaver dies suddenly, leaving the rest of the group to pick up the pieces of their brief reunion. The story is rendered in a reader-friendly prose style and is considered a brilliant novel of great honesty.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lazarus Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016289
- Title
- The Old Devils
- Author
- Amis, Kingsley
- Illustrator
- Alastair Taylor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint.
- ISBN 10
- 0091637902
- ISBN 13
- 9780091637903
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- FICTION HUMOUR WIT
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About the Seller
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Blackpool, Lancashire
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