A World Elsewhere {Advance Reading Copy}

Johnston, Wayne

ISBN 10: 0307399893 / ISBN 13: 9780307399892

Edité par Alfred A. Knopf Canada, Toronto, 2011

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8vo. Plain yellow printed wraps. Inscribed to original owner and dated on the title page. Edges lightly soiled. N° de réf. du vendeur 001459

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Titre : A World Elsewhere {Advance Reading Copy}

Éditeur : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, Toronto

Date d'édition : 2011

Reliure : Soft cover

Etat : Very Good

Signé : Signed by Author(s)

Edition : First Edition

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Set in the late nineteenth century, A World Elsewhere is an intricately woven tale of humour and emotion, of family and friendship, of ambition and destitution. At its centre is Landish Druken, son of a Newfoundland sealing captain, who turns his back on family tradition and wishes to become a writer. Well-mannered and eloquent, Landish sets off from St John's to Princeton University, where he is befriended by 'Van' Vanderluyden, son of the wealthiest man in America, and later betrayed by him. Landish is banished from Princeton and his hopes crumble.

Returning to St John's, he adopts Deacon, an orphan, the son of his father's first mate. Outcast, fighting off destitution, Landish raises Deacon alone, with no tools other than trust, humour and compassion. But when poverty casts them out of their home, there is only one person left to turn to: Van. They make the long journey to North Carolina, where Van has built Vanderland, a huge, magnificent castle. There they are swiftly pulled into a world of deception and murder, and the mettle of the exceptional Landish, and the bond with his adopted son, is truly tested.

A novel of great invention and emotional intensity, A World Elsewhere is unexpected and extraordinary, and a work emblematic of Wayne Johnston's brilliance.