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THE QUICKENING MAZE
by Foulds, Adam
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Jonathan Cape, 2009. Book. New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. This is a true 1st Edition, first printing (first impression) with the number "1" in the sequence of numbers on the copyright page is Very Fine in a Very Fine dust jacket, this copy is SIGNED, LINED and DATED by the Author to the title page [Adam Foulds, 21st May 2009, " O Mary"] Uncommon signed as such. First issue dustwrapper with publisher's price sticker to front panel and no reference to the Man Booker shortlisting.
Synopsis
A visionary novel by "one of the most talented writers of his generation" ( The Times Literary Supplement )-shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Based on real events, The Quickening Maze won over UK critics and readers alike with its rapturous prose and vivid exploration of poetry and madness. Historically accurate yet brilliantly imagined, this is the debut publication of this elegant and riveting novel in the United States. In 1837, after years of struggling with alcoholism and depression, the great nature poet John Clare finds himself in High Beach- a mental institution located in Epping Forest on the outskirts of London. It is not long before another famed writer, the young Alfred Tennyson, moves nearby and grows entwined in the catastrophic schemes of the hospital's owner, the peculiar Dr. Matthew Allen, his lonely adolescent daughter, and a coterie of mysterious local characters. With lyrical grace, the cloistered world of High Beach and its residents are brought richly to life in this enchanting book.
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- Kelleher Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013462
- Title
- THE QUICKENING MAZE
- Author
- Foulds, Adam
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- THE QUICKENING MAZE, signed, first edition, Adam Foulds
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- Fiction;
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