A novel about a bargain struck between a quiet man who runs a sweet shop and his emotionally damaged wife who has to accept life's deprivations. But it is a bargain that is threatened by their clever, angry and unforgiving daughter. From the author of LAST ORDERS
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Graham Swift was born in 1949 and is the author of ten novels, three collections of short stories, and Making an Elephant, a book of essays, portraits, poetry, and reflections on his life in writing. With Waterland, he won the Guardian Fiction Award, and with Last Orders the Booker Prize. Both novels have since been made into films. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages.
The Sweet-Shop Owner is set during a single June day in the life of an outwardly unremarkable man whose inner world proves to be exceptionally resonant. As he tends to his customers, Willy Chapman, the sweet-shop owner, confronts the specters of his beautiful and distant wife and his clever, angry daughter, the history through which he has passed, and the great, unrequited passion that has tormented him for forty years.
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Vendeur : MW Books, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
First Edition. Library copy. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Dust-wrapper taped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 221 pages ; 23cm. Subjects: Fathers and daughters ; Fiction. 3 Kg. N° de réf. du vendeur 292859
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Vendeur : MW Books Ltd., Galway, Irlande
First Edition. Library copy. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Dust-wrapper taped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 221 pages ; 23cm. Subjects: Fathers and daughters ; Fiction. 1 Kg. N° de réf. du vendeur 292859
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Vendeur : Parrot Books, Hemel Hempstead, HERT, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. A near fine first edition, first impression. Has a British Talking books for the blind pasted on the inside front board. No other stamps or marks. Dust cover not price clipped. N° de réf. du vendeur mon0000049855
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Vendeur : September Books, CHURCH STRETTON, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. APPEARS UNREAD. 1st printing.Minimal wear to hard back book/dust jacket. D/j still has price corner. pages. Pages are clean and tight. No name or inscription. minor wear to d/j edge, images available. N° de réf. du vendeur 034313
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Vendeur : Biblioasis, Windsor, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good+. 1st Edition. First UK Edition. Very good or better hardcover in like jacket. Title page inscribed by author, Graham Swift in black ink. FFEP inscribed by previous owner, author John Metcalf. Very minor edgewear to head and foot of spine. Else, a top copy. Brodart wrapped. Inscribed by Author(s). N° de réf. du vendeur 013712
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Vendeur : Fiction First, Congleton, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. A near fine 1st impression in a near fine dustwrapper. Signed by the Author on the title page. Dustwrapper is faded on spine and is a little worn on the corners. Book is fine with a little creasing to head & tail of spine. Signed by Author(s). N° de réf. du vendeur 010172
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Vendeur : booksonlinebrighton, Brighton, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Brown Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 225 x 145 mm approx. 222 pp. First Edition 1st impression 1980. Inscribed and signed by the author to the title page. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Near Fine (Book- no shelf wear, a few dust spots to top edge, inscr as above with author signature, with a couple of light soiling spots. Binding tight - unread. Dust Jacket - very mild rubbing to laminate -top edge of spine which is also a little sunned, a little dust soiling to exposed edges of flap folds,non price clipped cover £5.95, now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other defects to book or jacket). Inscribed by Author(s). N° de réf. du vendeur 128926
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Vendeur : THE USUAL SUSPECTS, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First Edition. First edition/ printing of the author's first book. Published by Allen Lane, London in 1980 . Other than the common fade to the jacket spine the book is in FINE condition in the described NEAR FINE jacket. It is SIGNED by the author on the title page. Signed by Author(s). N° de réf. du vendeur JD5346
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Vendeur : Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author. N° de réf. du vendeur 536855
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