9780224017626

Metroland

Julian Barnes

ISBN 10: 0224017624 / 0-224-01762-4
ISBN 13: 9780224017626
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Publication Date: 1980

Editorial Reviews:
Review:

"The first section...is an exercise in the post-Portnoy school of adolescent self-revelation, the 'Look what a shit I am' movement of which Martin Amis has hitherto been the outstanding practitioner. Barnes handles it cleverly enough, but..in the second section...he suddenly goes much deeper. The account of a boy's emergence from the self-absorption of adolescence is grippingly and sensitively done...If all first works of fiction were as thoughtful, as subtle, as well-constructed and as funny as 'Metroland' there would be no more talk of the death of the novel."

Nicholas Shrimpton, New Statesman, 03/28/1980

Review:

"...he seems to respect the foibles and poses of adolescence and young manhood as things to be cherished and valued in their own right rather than merely being excuses for a few easy laughs; a fact which makes 'Metroland' a rare and unusual first novel."

William Boyd, London Magazine, 10/1980

 
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Book Description: Jonathan Cape, London, 1980. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Printing. I Only Have the First Edition Dust Jacket which is Price Clipped and the Original Title Page (NF Condition) which is Signed by Julian Barnes Perfectly Extracted from the Destroyed Book, The Bottom of the Rear DJ Flap has Staining along the Very Edge, A Book WILL NOT br Sent Only the Above Listed. Signed by Author. Bookseller Inventory # 011883

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Book Description: Jonathan Cape, London, 1992. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. A very nice square and clean copy with no internal names, markings etc. Boards lightly knocked to the bottom corners. Unclipped. Although reprinted twelve years after the first the book is in the same format and same style black and chrome jacket. This original publisher's appears to be far, far scarcer than the first printing and is the only copy I have seen. I can find no mention of this reprint anywhere on the net. Photo upon request. Bookseller Inventory # 5218

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Book Description: London; Jonathan Cape; ., 1980. First edition, first printing. Author's first novel. Very good, with dent to rear board and dusty along the top edge, in near fine dustjacket. Bookseller Inventory # 14385

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Book Description: Jonathan Cape, London, 1980. Cloth. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 5" x 8". 176 pages. The jacket is very slightly ruffled at the head and has been price-clipped and re-priced by the publisher. Bookseller Inventory # 001447

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Book Description: Jonathan Cape (1980), London, 1980. First editon of the author's first book. SIGNED by author. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with 6.50 pounds sticker. Comstock Collection Q&B. 11-395-1133524. Bookseller Inventory # 11-395-1133524

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Book Description: Jonathan Cape Limited, London, United Kingdom, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. [1980]. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Gray boards. The spine is stamped in silver. Octavo. Gray endpapers. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a slight 1/16" chip at the head of the spine; otherwise Fine. The original price is intact, along with the publisher's '6.50 net' price sticker affixed above it. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. The author's scarce first novel. ".Only the author of 'Flaubert's Parrot' could give us a novel that is at once a note-perfect rendition of the angsts and attitudes of English adolescence, a giddy comedy of sexual awakening in the 1960s, and a portrait of the accommodations that some of us call 'growing up' and others 'selling out'." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request. SIGNED by the Author. Bookseller Inventory # 106-4998

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