Risk : a novel / by C.K. Stead
by Stead, C. K. (Christian Karlson) (b. 1932-)
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0857052225
- ISBN 13
- 9780857052223
- Seller
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About This Item
London : MacLehose, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed to Anthony Thwaite. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 266 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects; Two thousands (Decade) ; Fiction. English fiction. English fiction; 20th century. Drama. English literature; 20th century. English literature.
Synopsis
C.K. Stead is the renowned author of poetry, literary criticism, short stories, and of novels such as Smith’s Dream and My Name Was Judas . He was awarded the C.B.E. for services to New Zealand literature. Stead retired as professor emeritus of English at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, in order to devote himself full-time to his career as a writer of prose fiction.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 369875
- Title
- Risk : a novel / by C.K. Stead
- Author
- Stead, C. K. (Christian Karlson) (b. 1932-)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0857052225
- ISBN 13
- 9780857052223
- Publisher
- London : MacLehose
- Date Published
- 2012
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