Pulling Faces Tapa dura - 1988

Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton, 1987. Ex-library hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in good condition. Jacket is scuffed and edges are creased and nicked. Board edges, corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed, and page block is tanned and blemished. Label residue noted on the front pastedown and FEP, library stamp on copyright page, page 7 and page 204, and magnetic strip on rear pastedown. Binding is sound and pages are otherwise clear. LW. Hardcover. Good/Good. Used.

New Zealand: Hodder & Stoughton, 1987. NZ Fiction. "Tragi-comic love story that combines science fiction and social satire with the thriller genre, Stuart tries to bind elusive Gwyn in a conventional union. Towing her caravan wherever she likes, she eludes her mother and child, and Stuart; she alters her mind with drugs, and is ultra-secretive about her movements, playing childhood games of pulling faces to disguise self. Ironically she uses a machine to try to bind others to her by capturing their thoughts on videotape. Women are as prone to power complexes as the traditional male, and if communication exists only via computer, Utopia is a long way off." CONDITION Bds clean sl crushed cnrs, 204 pages are bright and crisp. Nice DJ. #New Zealand Literature#. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Hodder and Stoughton , 1987. Black boards, white lettering to spine. pp.204. No inscriptions. Minor rubbing to spine tips. Tight and clean. Unclipped DJ has very light shelfwear. "Examines the often fragile architecture of human relationships in a changing world. Both haunting love story and chilling social comment, it is an acutely observed and compelling novel." The author has been awarded the Scholarship in Letters twice, the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship in 1980 and a Fulbright Scholarship in 1987.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.