Prose with bite. A dark new novel from much-praised young Irish writer
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Michael Collins was born in 1964. He was educated in Belfast, Dublin and Chicago. His short stories have been awarded the Hennessy/Sunday Tribune Award in Ireland and the Pushcart Prize in America.
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Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
Hardback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. N° de réf. du vendeur GOR004150800
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Vendeur : Bookbot, Prague, Rébublique tchèque
Hardcover. Etat : Fair. Anmerkungen / bekritzelt / Stempel; Verschmutzung / Wasserschaden; Abnutzung / Risse - leicht; Vergilbt / ausgeblichen. In mid-80s post-industrial America, a small town struggles with the remnants of defunct factories as a young journalist and college dropout, Bill, writes for The Daily Truth. His essays reflect on the decline of industry and his family's legacy, haunted by his father's suicide and their once-thriving industrial empire. The monotony of summer is shattered when local troublemaker Ronny Lawton reports his father missing, leading to the discovery of a dismembered finger. The town suspects Ronny of murder, but evidence is lacking. As the Lawton family's tragic story captivates the community, Ronny becomes an unlikely icon. Bill's obsession with the case deepens; he becomes entangled with Ronny's estranged wife, uncovers a decomposing head, and finds himself a suspect in the murder investigation. Tensions escalate when Ronny takes his wife, child, and Bill hostage during a standoff with the FBI. Bill's eventual escape leads him to reflect on the disillusionment of the American dream. The narrative, marked by sharp, intense writing, explores the decline of a town, an era, and individual lives, intertwining a gripping murder mystery with profound commentary on failed aspirations and inevitable destruction. N° de réf. du vendeur f9df1952-b5a4-4908-bef5-d2c8fe8794bb
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Vendeur : Bay State Book Company, North Smithfield, RI, Etats-Unis
Etat : very_good. N° de réf. du vendeur BSM.14ZSD
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Vendeur : Classic First Editions-- IOBA, Cardiff By The Sea, CA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition third impression in fine condition in a near fine unclipped dustjacket--signed by Collins on the title page without inscription. Shortlisted for the Booker prize. The dustjacket has just a touch of rubbing or would also be fine--a great collectible copy. Signed at Foyles. Signed by Author(s). N° de réf. du vendeur cfe13677
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Vendeur : Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, Royaume-Uni
1st edition, 3rd impression. A tidy copy in tight binding. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dust jacket. N° de réf. du vendeur BOOKS194482I
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Vendeur : Greener Books, London, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Used; Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** 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. N° de réf. du vendeur mon0000235493
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Vendeur : Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, Etats-Unis
Etat : FINE. First printing. Award winning Irish writer's fifh book, a novel set in 1980s obsessed by a murder. "Truth" is the name of the moribund local newspaper. SIGNED on the title page. 297 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. N° de réf. du vendeur 79576
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Vendeur : Alcaná Libros, Madrid, M, Espagne
tapa blanda. Etat : Bien. 1900-1999, City and town life, Fiction., Novel Phoenix House. London. 2000. 23 cm. 297 pages. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. Michael Collins. [Tom Milne Popular Fiction Collection. Crime. ] . ISBN: 1861591780; 9781861591784; 1861591799; 97818615917 (=3140067=) PL198. N° de réf. du vendeur 3140067
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Vendeur : The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. Jacket by Julie Hember (illustrateur). 1st Edition. First edition, third impression, published later the same year. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, IN NEAT BLACK PEN, WITHOUT DEDICATION, ON TITLE PAGE. Some minuscule edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, 'Booker Prize' and 'Signed Copy' stickers to front jacket, some very faint spotting to page fore edges, not price clipped but price blocked out in black pen, no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. 297pp. It is the mid- 80s in post industrial America. Men no longer produce things with their hands but Pac-man consumer culture has yet to lift the recession. In a small town graced with the decaying hulks of defunct factories, young journalist and college dropout Bill churns out lengthy essays on the death of industry and of America itself for The Daily Truth, whose scoops rarely rise above the latest home bake contest. Bill broods over the suicide of his father and the decline of their family an industrial empire built on refrigerators and founded on his immigrant grandfather's dream of America. The static summer is punctured when local bad boy Ronny Lawton reports his father missing. A dismembered finger is found and all suspect the son of murdering his hated father, but nothing can be proved. The sorry tale of the white trash Lawtons hypnotises the town and Ronny Lawton becomes a local icon. Bill becomes increasingly obsessed with the story, he gets involved with Ronny's estranged wife, finds a decomposing human head, and ends up as a suspect in the murder case himself. Things come to a head and Ronny Lawton holds his wife, child and Bill hostage in a confrontation with the FBI. Bill escapes with the woman and child and contemplates the American dream gone sour. Michael Collins' writing is sharp and intense, the decline of the town, of an era, of a culture, of individual lives, is detailed in a gripping narrative. Intertwined with a meditation on the state of America and on failed dreams is the story of the axe murder investigation which keeps you on the edge of your seat as the characters rush headlong to their destruction, cathartic and inevitable. Quite scarce signed. Signed by Author(s). N° de réf. du vendeur 007432
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Vendeur : Lyons Fine Books, Neenah, WI, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Short listed for the Man Booker award. N° de réf. du vendeur 18408
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