The Falling Angels Tapa dura - 1999

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 11/01/1999. Hardcover. Used; Very Good. **WE SHIP WITHIN 24 HRS FROM LONDON, UK, 98% OF OUR ORDERS ARE RECEIVED WITHIN 7-10 DAYS. We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

London: Harper Collins, 1999 Very Good Copy in Near Very Good unclipped D/J. Jacket is most unusual with transparent paper over an illustrated book cover. Coloured end papers, free of inscriptions with clean text.

HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London England: HarperCollins, 1999. Paperback. Small mark to edge. This book is an exuberant memoir of growing up London Irish, of having two identities and being caught between both. As a child, the author found the irishness of his parents' Battersea home bemusing. Here wan an enclave of Ireland's mystic west, transported to London's South Circular Road, where performance and after-dinner singing were mandatory, where the gossip and visitors were Irish, and where Catholic priests invaded the kitchen for tea, barm-brack and a waltz with his mother. It was a family holiday destination that meant, rain, dry-stone walls and blue bubble gum. it was a country that seemed to scatter its tribes of exiles across the globe, a place his mother had escaped from and his father only longed to return to. But as a teenager spellbound equally by Mick Jagger and images of Catholic martyrdom, John discovers an extended family in Galway he never knew existed. In this new world of Hoolies, spook-hunts and… Leer más

Hardback. Very Good.

London: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1999. CR4 - A 3rd printing hardcover book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition in good dust jacket. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping, crease and tears on the edges and corners, old price label adhered on the front flap, some scattered scratches and crease, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners and cover edgewear, tanning and light shelf wear. The Falling Angels is ann exuberant memoir of growing up London-Irish, of having two identities and being caught between both. Witty, intimate and full of illuminating insights into exile, religion and the culture of 'belonging', this is the passionate tale of one man's relationship with a mystic and mercurial homeland. 9.5"x6.5", 282 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. . Signed by Author. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London : Harper Collins, 1999. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly stained dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 282p. ; 24cm. Subjects: Walsh, John (1953-) -- Childhood and youth. Galway (Ireland : County) -- Social life and customs.

HarperCollins [SIGNED], January 1999. Hardcover. Used - good.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.