Book by Graham Swift
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Prentis, the narrator of this nightmarish novel, catalogs "dead crimes" for a branch of the London Police Department and suspects that he is going crazy. His files keep vanishing. His boss subjects him to cryptic taunts. His family despises him. And as Prentis desperately tries to hold on to the scraps of his sanity, he uncovers a conspiracy of blackmail and betrayal that extends from his department and into the buried past of his father, a war hero code-named "Shuttlecock"--and, lately, a resident of a hospital for the insane.
Graham Swift was born in 1949 in London, where he still lives and works. He is the author of six novels, including the acclaimed Waterland, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the Guardian Fiction Award. His most recent novel, Last Orders, won the 1996 Booker Prize and was an international bestseller. Graham Swift's work has been translated into more than twenty languages.
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Vendeur : Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Etats-Unis
Etat : Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. N° de réf. du vendeur D12O-01274
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Vendeur : Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Etats-Unis
Etat : Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. N° de réf. du vendeur 55147890-6
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Vendeur : A Good Read, LLC, San Antonio, TX, Etats-Unis
Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Cover faded, spine creased, light bumps and shelf wear. N° de réf. du vendeur 038235
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Vendeur : Henniker Book Farm and Gifts, Henniker, NH, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. Very Good Condition. No dust jacket. No marks on the text block. No marks of previous ownership or inscriptions.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 219 pages. N° de réf. du vendeur 63932
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Vendeur : Craig Hokenson Bookseller, Dallas, TX, Etats-Unis
Trade Paperback. Etat : Near Fine+. First Edition/First Printing. Nicked at spine ends. Paperback original. N° de réf. du vendeur 10712
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Vendeur : zenosbooks, San Francisco, CA, Etats-Unis
paperback. No Jacket. First Edition. New York. 1985. Washington Square Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Wrappers. 0671546120. 219 pages. paperback. keywords: Europe England Literature World Literature. DESCRIPTION - Under the city streets Prentis works as a senior clerk in a police department where are stored the archives of 'dead crimes' - undisclosed complicities and uninvestigated evils. His investigations are supervised by the enigmatic Mr Quinn who, for reasons of security, distrust - and spite? - never makes clear the purpose of this task. Events take a sinister turn when Quinn directs his inquiries towards Prentis's own affairs, and - Prentis feels - to those of his father, a wartime hero now confined to a mental home. Unsettled, Prentis gradually suspects that his father's breakdown is somehow connected with Quinn's menacing behavior and that the link is to be found in SHUTTLECOCK. For SHUTTLECOCK is the true story of his father's wartime exploits. Prentis has lived under it spell - and shadow - all his life. But his belief in his father's heroism is now undermined by the discovery of cracks in the story, small discrepancies that have odd parallels with a series of coded files that have mysteriously disappeared. He is sure that Quinn has taken them, but why? Does Quinn have something to hide? Or could it be that his father is not the man everyone thought he was and that Prentis is not the son he thought himself to be. Through the complex character of Prentis, Graham Swift builds up an intense psychological thriller - an unnerving study of power and inadequacy and the manipulative aspects of family and work life. inventory #22789 Very Good in Slightly Worn Wrappers. N° de réf. du vendeur z22789
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Vendeur : Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : Good. N° de réf. du vendeur 1546061
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Vendeur : Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, Etats-Unis
Etat : NEAR FINE. First US printing, a trade paperback (not issued a hardcover edition in the US.) Author's 2nd novel, a psychological thriller, but not published in the US until after he had begun to receive some recognition for 'Waterland." Swift was nominated for the Granta "Twenty Best Young British Novelists" and this novel was awarded the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. 220 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers (some wear to covers, no spine creases.). N° de réf. du vendeur 9668
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Vendeur : GridFreed, San Diego, CA, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : Like New. 1985, "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1", stated First Washington Square Press printing May, 1985. Like new condition. N° de réf. du vendeur 10-11351
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Vendeur : Shade of the Cottonwood, Lawrence, KS, Etats-Unis
Softcover/Paperback. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. Very good+ first edition thus/first printing signed by author on title page. Unread with clean interior and free of spine creases. Shelfwear includes rubbed edges, general toning coverwraps and scuffed surfaces. Rear text block has a hard bump near the spine, and some spots of soiling. signed by author or artist. N° de réf. du vendeur 1725
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