McClelland & Stewart, 1993-01-01. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 6x0x9. We're happy to combine shipping to save you some money. We're also always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of any and all books for you, please just ask! Canadian SOFT COVERED first edition, first printing. Published in 1992. Virtually no wear to covers. The book itself is in Near Fine condition. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark.

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Guy Vanderhaeghe was born in Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, in 1951. He is the author of four novels, My Present Age (1984), Homesick (1989), co-winner of the City of Toronto Book Award, The Englishman’s Boy (1996), winner of the Governor General’s Award for Fiction and the Saskatchewan Book Awards for Fiction and for Best Book of the Year, and a finalist for The Giller Prize and the prestigious International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and, most recently, The Last Crossing (2002), a long-time national bestseller and winner of the Saskatoon Book Award, the Saskatchewan Book Awards for Fiction and for Book of the Year, and the Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award for Fiction Book of the Year, and a finalist for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book. He is also the author of three collections of short stories, Man Descending (1982), winner of the Governor’s General’s Award and the Faber Prize in the U.K., and The Trouble With Heroes (1983), and Things As They Are (1992). Acclaimed for his fiction, Vanderhaeghe has also written plays. I Had a Job I Liked. Once. was first produced in 1991, and won the Canadian Authors Association Award for Drama. His second play, Dancock’s Dance , was produced in 1995. Guy Vanderhaeghe lives in Saskatoon, where he is a Visiting Professor of English at S.T.M. College. From the Hardcover edition.

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Bookseller: The Book Scouts (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: sku520010760
Title: Things as they Are?
Author: Vanderhaeghe, Guy
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0771086989
ISBN 13: 9780771086984
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Place of Publication: Toronto, On, Canada
Date Published: 1993-01-01
Size: 6x0x9
X weight: 16 oz

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