The Drowning People.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] NFINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt background of b/w photographic scenic seascape with a glossy band with double-lined gilt ruled edges to black background,across the middle of the front panel with gilt coloured lettered title and author's capitalised,white-lettered name within it, he spine/backstrip with thumbnail,repeated b/w photograph as front panel and similarly coloured+lettered author name+title as front and publisher's capitalised white lettered name to foot of same,rear panel with white-lettered prose extract. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. op+fore-edges toned/aged but clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound,minimal page-edge toning - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean and unblemished,sharp-cornered, original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip,a gold+silver striped headband and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-310pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,34 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication with Acknowledgements to its reverse,an epigram with blank verso. Author's debut novel.
Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and even internally,the book is also in a more than acceptable condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age.It is only the faults that described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite them,it is still an exceptional copy.
My wife of more than forty-five years shot herself yesterday afternoon. At least that is what the police assume, and I am playing the part of grieving widower with enthusiasm and success. Of course I know that she did nothing of the kind....It was I who killed her. With this startling confession of murder, James Farrell, the seventy-year-old narrator of 'THE DROWNING PEOPLE', takes the reader on a long journey into the past, a maelstrom of deeply buried secrets and betrayals, that reveals the ferocious, frightening power of first love.
For it was decades ago that James and a young woman named Ella Harcourt fell cataclysmically in love - and unwittingly set off a chain of events that would reverberate violently for years to come. Heralded as one of the most electrifying international literary debuts in years,'THE DROWNING PEOPLE' introduces us to an extraordinary new voice from an exciting young author. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,the stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.
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