The Ventriloquist's Tale by Melville, Pauline - 1997

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Acceptable.

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1997-05-22. Hardcover. Good.

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

London: Bloomsbury, 1997. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Black boards, dustwrapper, 357 pp. Dustwrapper slightly bumped at edges, otherwise very good and not price-clipped.

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London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1997. Black cover with black lettering on spine and contents in very good clean condition. Dust jacket is sound with very slight signs of edge wear.. First Edition, First Printing. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used.

London: Bloomsbury, April 1997. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Black cloth over boards with gilt lettering to spine and bound-in black ribbon bookmark. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright with slight reading wear to edges and corners. No tears. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 357 pages.
"The whole purpose of magic is the fulfilment and intensification of desire," claims the ventriloquist-narrator as he tells his stories of love and catastrophe. The novel is a parable of miscegenation and racial exclusiveness, of nature defying culture and of the rebellious nature of love. Winner of the Whitbread Award for best first novel. In Melville's ambitious and richly realized debut set in modern-day Guyana, religious, social and philosophical tensions beset all the characters. Two illicit love affairs are the vertebrae of an absorbing story set against the background of colonial life in… Read More