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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A merely good copy, with evident spotting/marks to the cover panels. The text is unmarked, pristine. No creasing to the spine.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable.

Condition: 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. DUST JACKET SHOWS SOME GENERAL WEAR, SUCH AS SCRATCHES, RUBBING AND CREASES. A GIFT NOTE IS WRITTEN INSIDE THE BOOK. hardcover 100% of proceeds go to charity! Good condition with all pages in tact. Item shows signs of use and may have cosmetic defects.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. H6 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has label on the front, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners and cover edgewear, some stains on the top page edges, tanning and light shelf wear. Susan Wittig Albert's exciting mysteries have placed ex-lawyer and current herbalist China Bayles "in a class with lady sleuths V.I. Warshawski and Stephanie Plum" (Publishers Weekly). Now, China stumbles across a body while gathering yucca in Pecan Springs - a small town that's no stranger to big crime. 9.5"x6.5", 307 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Susan Wittig Albert, also known by the pen names Robin Paige and Carolyn Keene, is an American mystery writer from Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. Between the herb shop, the catering business, and now a weekend papermaking class, China Bayles and her friends have as much work as they can handle. Of course, that doesn't stop the rest of their lives from going on - or coming to an end, as the case may be. Ruby, for example, is troubled by her mother's recent strange behavior and upset that her ex-boyfriend has stood her up yet again. Meanwhile, China's half brother is opening up old wounds, trying to investigate their father's supposedly accidental death. Although she can't stop her husband from taking the case - after all, he's a PI who hasn't had a bite in months - she can at least put the unsavory business out of mind by gathering supplies for making paper. But in a patch of yucca plants, which make great paper, she finds a body - cause of death unknown. Many residents of Pecan Springs live seemingly simple lives that hide complex and dangerous pasts. It appears this victim was one of them. And now, while unraveling secrets that hit close to home, China must set the record straight - and find a killer. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Printing. Harlequin Blaze romance # 314, paperback. 1st printing, 3/07 Condition is near fine, has light shelf wear, 2 light creases on spine, crease on lower corner of back cover, small handling crease on back cover, no writing or stamps, no tanning, cover bright and glossy, a beautiful looking book.WRAPPED IN PLASTIC BAG TO PROTECT CONDITION OF BOOK.We have other titles in this genre in stock and give discounts in shipping on additional books, please contact us for more iinformation**. SUMMARY - On prom night, Dylan Anderson caused the biggest humiliation of Sadie Post's life. Getting over her crush on him took a while, but now she's grown up and moved on. Until Dylan moves in--to her workplace, that is. Suddenly it's high school revisited--complete with her lustful thoughts about him. But she's his boss and finally has the upper hand--she won't let her sexy fantasies change that. Too bad the tension spiking between them is so high, it's inevitable they ALL OVER YOU hit the sheets--or the nearest desk. And once they do, Dylan is better than she'd ever imagined. She promised herself to leave him begging for more--but does she really want to?

Paperback. First Ed thus, unstated. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only a bit of tanning to the text pages; else flawless. Pristine. Binding square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. 435pp. Cover Art by Erin McKee. Cover designed by Tom Grewe. First Ed thus, unstated. Mass Market Paperback. This book explores the worlds of fantasy and science fiction both very well. The author, a witch, uses a witch as her main female character and an telepathic psychokinetic genius as her main male character. He's the only person who has even a chance of saving the world from destruction by comet. She helps him find his destiny, and at the same time aids in his quest. He is slow to accept his fate. Whether he likes it or not, millions of lives, including his soulmate's, hang in the balance. Des Rochers' descriptions of his psychic abilities are thrilling as well as believable. I encourage anyone interested in parapsychology, paganism, mythology, or just fantasy and SF in general to read this book.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. L2 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wrinkling on the edges and corners, tanning and light shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, wrinkling on the spine edges, some light smudges on the page edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 8.5"x5.75", 266 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Moving from the sixties to the seventies, this is a novel about several young metropolitan adults who find or lose their way in life. It is a story of ideals and reality, of hopes and failures, of friendship and its collisions with sexuality. Patrick Sullivan is a young actor and stage manager. Payton Miller is an attorney in a prestigious New York law firm. Old college acquaintances, they meet again by coincidence and become friends, despite the vast differences between the bohemian Patrick and the sophisticated Payton. Both Patrick and Payton are products of their times. The influence of the sixties causes Patrick to choose a life in the arts and a Payton to opt for a rich wife with a peripheral connection to the law firm he hopes will make him a big success. The women in their lives form the vortex for a conflict that will become deadly. Payton's wife, Elizabeth, is spoiled, alcoholic, childless. She becomes increasingly incorrigible as she carries the habits of unrestrained youth into adulthood. Patrick's lover, May, a jazz pianist, thinks it's time to marry and have a family. Both men find themselves mired in conflicting demands and aspirations. Ultimately, Payton faces disaster from an unexpected source. Patrick's dilemmas culminate in his discovery of a crime of which no one else is aware. His efforts to bring it to light threaten the most important relationship in his life. Forced to question his vision of himself and of his place in society, Patrick must struggle with the claims of judicial equity, of romantic love, of self-fulfillment, and of friendship. Bound in Shells is the story of young people striving to transcend their pasts, accept the present, and move on in life. Ultimately, they must accept limitations of opportunity, of vision, and of needs, and adapt to the inexorable power of circumstances. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. A Good copy with moderate wear, moderate bumping to corners, some tanning to edges, and gift inscription on inside front cover. // ' This remarkable book uncovers--for the first time--the mystery of life in the spirit world after death on earth. Dr. Michael Newton, a hypnotherapist in private practice, has developed his own hypnosis technique to reach his subjects' hidden memories of the hereafter. The resulting narrative acts as a progressive 'travel log' of the accounts of twenty-nine people who were placed in a state of superconsciousness. While in deep hypnosis, these subjects movingly describe what has happened to them between their former reincarnations on earth. They reveal graphic details about how it feels to die, who meets us right after death, what the spirit world is really like, where we go and what we do as souls, and why we choose to come back in certain bodies.' -- publisher.

Original Wraps. Condition: Collectible; Fine. 1st. A sharp copy of the catalogue based on the Sept-Oct 1989 exhibition at London's Runkel-Hue-Williams Gallery. Crisp and Near Fine in its white wrappers, with just a touch of soiling to the rear panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. K5 - A first edition (First published 2020 stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by Andrew Cotter on the front free endpaper in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light tanning and shelf wear. OLIVE & MABEL: two of the internet's favourite dogs. ANDREW COTTER: one of our best-loved commentators. 9.5"x6.5", 257 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. When Andrew Cotter turned his brilliant sporting commentaries from the Maters, the Olympics, Wimbledon and the Six Nations to the lockdown contests, between his two Labradors, Olive and Mabel, the result was an internet sensation. The series of videos - including Game of Bones - has been viewed well over 50 million times on social media, resonating with dog owners and sports fans everywhere. In OLIVE, MABEL & ME, Andrew gives us a commentary of a different kind as he tells the heart-warming story of life with his two famous Labradors. This is the full story of their rise to internet stardom and how walking and climbing in the mountains helps them all find peace and happiness away from a hectic world. Above all, however, this a book about the love we have for our dogs and the companionship and joy we can find from sharing our lives with our fabulous canine friends, as Andrew has done with dogs throughout his life. Beautifully written, touching and lough-out-loud funny, OLIVE, MABEL & ME is a treat for dog lovers everywhere. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Two couples torn apart--one by war between countries, one by a war within. In this moving sequel to "Even Now", Emily Anderson, now 20, is attending college on a soccer scholarship when she meets the man who changes everything for her: Army reservist Justin Baker. Their tender relationship, founded on a mutual faith in God and nurtured by their trust and love for each other, proves to be a shining inspiration to everyone they know, especially Emily's reunited birth parents, Lauren Gibbs and Shane Galanter. Lauren and Shane still struggle to move past their opposing beliefs about war politics, and faith. Shane believes it's possible; Lauren doesn't. So she says a painful good-bye to her long-ago love and returns to her job as a war correspondent in Afghanistan. Both Lauren and Shane are shattered, believing that this time their relationship has truly ended forever. Then tragedy sends shock waves through all their lives. Can Lauren and Shane set aside their opposing views so that love--God's love--might win, no matter how great the odds? The cover shows some wear. The first page has a corner tear. There is light tanning throughout.

Condition: good. This book is in Good condition. There may be some notes and highligting but otherwise the book is in overall good condition.

Paperback. Condition: New. Picture a world where humans exist, like all other living things, in balance. Where there is no separation between "human" and "wild." Unlearn, Rewild boldly envisions such a world, probing deeply into the cultural constraints on our ability to lead truly sustainable lives and offering real, tangible tools to move toward another way of living, seeing, and thinking. Part philosophical treatise, part hard-core survival guide, this unique and thoroughly unconventional manual blends philosophy with a detailed introduction to a rich assortment of endangered traditional living skills, including: * Harvesting and preparing unconventional proteins * Feral food preservation * Dealing responsibly with waste * Natural methods of birth control * Tanning and processing animal skins Lyrical, humorous, surprising, enlightening, and thought-provoking by turns, Unlearn, Rewild is essential reading for those who wish to heal themselves and the earth, live gracefully into the future primitive and experience their wildest dreams. Miles Olson has spent the past decade deeply immersed in learning and practicing earth skills.While foraging, hunting, gardening, and gathering for his livelihood, his experiences have given him a unique perspective on rewilding, radical self-reliance, and the impact of civilization on the natural world.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First US Edition. L6 - A first US edition hardcover book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Book has tanning, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners and light shelf wear. Before violence tore apart the tapestry of Sri Lanka and turned its pristine beaches red, there were two families; two young women, ripe for love, with hopes for the future; and one chance encounter that leads to the terrible heritage they must reckon with for years to come. 8.5"x5.75", 242 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. In Colombo, Yasodhara lives a full life with her Sinhala family, rich in love and everything she could ask for, though shaped subtly by social hierarchies, her parents' ambitions, and the differences between the Tamil and Sinhala people. All is well until their serene existence is shattered by the beginning of civil war. Saraswathi is living in the active war zone and dreams of becoming a teacher. These hopes, however, are abruptly and brutally stamped out when she is arrested by a group of Sinhala soldiers and pulled into the heart of a conflict she has tried desperately to avoid. One tragic moment that defines the fate of these women and their families will haunt their choices for decades to come. In the end, love and longing promise only an uneasy peace. A sweeping saga with the intimacy of a memoir that brings to mind epic fiction like The Kite Runner and The God of Small Things, Island of a Thousand Mirrors strikes mercilessly at the heart of war. Narrated in a voice that is, as NoViolet Bulawayo has said, "by turns tender, beautiful, and devastating," it offers an unparalleled portrait of a beautiful land during its most difficult moments. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

softcover. Condition: Fine copy. Illustrated (illustrator). 1st. 8vo, 378 pp.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Paperback. Condition: New. Picture a world where humans exist, like all other living things, in balance. Where there is no separation between "human" and "wild." Unlearn, Rewild boldly envisions such a world, probing deeply into the cultural constraints on our ability to lead truly sustainable lives and offering real, tangible tools to move toward another way of living, seeing, and thinking. Part philosophical treatise, part hard-core survival guide, this unique and thoroughly unconventional manual blends philosophy with a detailed introduction to a rich assortment of endangered traditional living skills, including: * Harvesting and preparing unconventional proteins * Feral food preservation * Dealing responsibly with waste * Natural methods of birth control * Tanning and processing animal skins Lyrical, humorous, surprising, enlightening, and thought-provoking by turns, Unlearn, Rewild is essential reading for those who wish to heal themselves and the earth, live gracefully into the future primitive and experience their wildest dreams. Miles Olson has spent the past decade deeply immersed in learning and practicing earth skills.While foraging, hunting, gardening, and gathering for his livelihood, his experiences have given him a unique perspective on rewilding, radical self-reliance, and the impact of civilization on the natural world.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Sq. 4to. Printed wrappers with taped spine and integrated front cover. Cover slightly soiled. Previous owner's name to upper wrapper. Annotation in pencil to page 26. Catalogue for an exhibition held at Runkel-Hue-Williams, London, from 15 September to 13 October 1989. Nineteen colour plates (dating from 1968 to 1989) and an introduction by Sarah Wilson. Limited to 1,000 copies.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A5 - A German language edition hardcover book in very good condition with a dust jacket in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in green cloth covered boards and illustrated endpapers with very minor overall shelf wear with light tanning of the outside paper edges. The dust jacket has very minor overall shelf wear with a closed tear (less than 0.25") at the front bottom left corner and another (about 0.5") at the back top right corner plus there is some light overall edge wear with creasing plus there is some light yellowing of the endflaps. The story is set in a fictional American small town it describes the lives of a group of upper middle class couples who meet each other regularly for dinner, sports and agree to cocktail parties. The loose circle of friends at the heart of the novel and consists of ten married couple. The men are wealthy building contractors, academics and doctors and the women are all housewives. Initially Updike presents the individual marriages and the friendships within this group as stable but he gradually makes it clear that indifference, contempt, misunderstandings and alienation have crept into every relationship. The novel is set against the political background of the 1960s and offers a critical perspective on life among the upper middle class in small-town America. Each of the main characters suffers from self-doubt, alienation and boredom. At first adultery seems to be a way out of these feelings of emptiness but even the affairs eventually become dispassionately routine. Updike uses the story to question the value that American society has come to place on consumption since it appears that even friendships and sexuality have become comodities to be consumed. John Hoyer Updike (19322009) was an American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic. He produced more than twenty major novels and collections of short stories as well as collecitons of essays and poetry. In 1957 he left his job as editor of 'The New Yorker' to become a full-time professional writer. In 1958 his first book was published, a collection of poetry, and in 1959 his first novel was published. Updike is best known for his 'Rabbit' and his 'Bech Books' series of novels. The 'Rabbit' series: 'Rabbit, Run' (1960), 'Rabbit Redux' (1971), 'Rabbit is Rich' (1981), 'Rabbit at Rest' (1990) and 'Rabbit Remembered' (2002) were author's venue for capturing and commenting on the mateial development of the US and the changes in American sensibilities between the late 1950s and the end of the millennium. The 'Bech Books': 'Bech: A Book' (1970), 'Bech is Back' (1982), 'Bech at Bay' (1998) and 'The Complete Henry Bech' (2001) were used by Ubdike to portray, in a comic and broadly satirical way, his own personal literary persona. John Updike was the recipient of many major literary awards including repeated consideration for the Nobel Prize for Literature. Some of his more notable literary awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship (1959), the National Book Award in Fiction (1964, 1982), the O. Henry Prize (1966/1991), the National Medal of Arts (1989), two Pulitizer Prizes and the PEN/Faulkner Award (2004). Tarbox heisst das friedliche Städtchen, knapp eine Bahnstunde südlich von Boston, in dem hübsche Vögel, rauschende Bäume und saftiggrüne Rasenflächen, Gesundheit und Wohlstand, Tennis und Segeln, Basketball und gemeinsamer Wintersport, Dinnerpartys und Cocktailstunden gehütete Kulisse wohlstandsbürgerlichen Lebensstils sind. Unterhalb dieser suburbanen Idylle indes finden sich zehn Ehepaare zu einem promiskuitiven Reigen zusammen, in dem nach unausgesprochenen Regeln ein Kult des Sexuellen zelebiert wird, der den Beteiligten Spiel, Trauma und Therapie, Hoffnung, Mittel der Rache, des Rausches und der Kommunikation gibt. Inmitten dieser toleranten, sexbewussten und sexkonsumierenden Clique stehen der junge Bauunternehmer Piet Hannema mit seiner Frau Angela, daneben das >>neue>Applesmiths>Rabbit-Reihe>Bessere Verhältnisse>Rabbit in Ruhe<< und die PEN/Faulkner Award (2004). 5.4"x8.3", 478 seiten (pages). Zufriedenheit garantiert (satisfaction guaranteed). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Near Fine hardcover in a Very Good dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing with the full number line. The book is clean and bright. Illustrated. General shelf wear to the dust jacket with a tear and associated creasing to the upper spine. 378 pp.

Paperback. Condition: V++/VG/ND. No Jacket. y First Edition, 1st. Imp. FNL. SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 1999* Publisher: Flame, Hodder & Stoughton.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. Light creases to spine, hinge & to front cover. Seems lightly used. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. No tanning. VG++* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 248 pp. text. ii pp. advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- Kit Milcourt has taken a teaching post and left his exciting, exotic and affluent background behind to be with his beloved Anna. At the mediocre Sandmarsh High School he is hard put to contain his maverick ideas. Year Seven, on the other hand, love them. Only the soothing presence of Anna keeps the peace. However on the school trip to Venice things get out of hand and falling between farce and tragedy, the resulting events swiftly change Kit's and Anna's lives in unthinkable ways, strain a great love to the limit and open a dark chasm into the past.* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st. edition, 1st. impression, with minimal shelf wear.* 1999-06-17. n.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. P2 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by Tatum O'Neal on a label adhered on the front free endpaper in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Book cocked, tanning, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, wrinkling on the spine edges, and light shelf wear. In this powerful follow-up to her New York Times bestselling memoir, A Paper Life, Academy Award-winning actress Tatum O'Neal returns with an extraordinary chronicle of family, forgiveness, redemption, and commitment - a remarkable story told with honesty, humility, determination, and above all. love. 9.25"x6.25", 204 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. The golden child of a glamorous Hollywood couple, Tatum O'Neal had a childhood that looked, from the outside, to be fairy-tale perfect. The reality was far from perfect, and in A Paper Life, Tatum shared her poignant, painful experiences of growing up in - and away from - a dysfunctional show-business family. Now, in Found, she digs even deeper and explores the tough issues that resonate in most women's lives. It is a story of taking two steps forward and one step back, of learning to understand what forgiveness really means - physically, emotionally, and spiritually - and how to live it every day. With candor and grace, Tatum chronicles that challenges and joys of being a single mother to three grown children, an ex-wife, a working actress, and a woman who has lived her life in the public eye for the better part of forty-five years. She speaks frankly about the persistence it took to beat her addictions to drugs and alcohol, and the hard work of staying clean and sober, including dealing with the deep emotional void that illicit substances falsely promise to fill. Tatum delivers her ongoing efforts to negotiate friends, family, aging, money, love, loss, and Hollywood, while the specter of her past continues to lurk, a reminder of her battle and a testament to her will to survive. And she honors the people whose perseverance and courage in overcoming their own dark troubles have inspired her. Found is also a father-daughter love story: a portrait of a fragile, tentative reconciliation between a parent and a child who, as documented in the OWN television docuseries The O'Neals: Ryan and Tatum, try to heal the hurt and pain of a lifetime. Tatum O'Neal has done the hard work necessary to get her life on track and come to terms with the person she is. Finally, she shares her whole story. Her moving and inspirational saga reminds us all that no matter what has happened in our own lives, we must keep moving forward to the light and the future, step by step, day by day. Only then may we find the true path home. The youngest actress ever to win an Academy Award, TATUM O'NEAL has been a public figure for the past three decades. An actress, author, and mother, she makes her home in Los Angeles, California. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A4 - A German language edition hardcover book in very good condition with a dust jacket in good+ to very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in green cloth covered boards with very minor overall shelf wear with some light tanning of the outside paper edges. The dust jacket shows minor overall shelf wear with some yellowing, heavy creasing on the spine and some very light overall edge wear along the top and bottom edges. 'Kein Grund zum Lachen' (No Laughing Matter) is an autobiographical novel set between 1912 and 1967. The story chronicles the ending of the traditional English upper middle-class life of a family as seen through the lives of the six children. Sir Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson aka Angus (1913-1991) was a British novelist and short story writer noted for his portrayals of middle-class English manners and characters. Wilson was born in Sussex, England to an English father and South African mother and was educated at Oxford. In 1937 he became a librarian in the British Museum's Department of Printed Books. During World War II he worked as of the British Bletchley Park code-breaking organization. His first published work was a collection of short stories, 'The Wrong Set' (1949). In 1955 he resigned from the British Museum wo write full-time. In addition to his writing, he frequently gave public lectures. In 1958 he received James Tait Black Memorial Prize for 'The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot' and later received a knighthood for his 'services to literature'. He co-founded the Master of Asts programme in creative writing at the University of East Anglia with Malcolm Bradbury. Wilson was appointed as professor in this programme in 1967. He chaired of many British literary panels, including the Booker prize. Angus Wilson was one of England's first openly gay writers and campaigned in Britian for homosexual equality. Blende auf - London 1912, Beginn der FAmiliengeschichte Matthew: Vater, 'Billy Pop' genannt, Mutter 'die Gräfin', er ein nicht untalentierter, aber erfolgloser Schriftsteller, sie schön, sich aristokratisch gebend, in Wirklichkeit fadenscheinig vornehm und hysterisch - beide zerrüttet, zerrüttet auch ihre Ehe. Hauptpersonen: ihre sechs Kinder. Trotz der makabren Zustände im Elternhaus festgefügte Charaktere von Anfang an. Amüsante, köstliche Miniaturen ihres späteren Erwachsenseins, das jeder von ihnen individuell und unkonventionell meistert. Ihnen hat Angus Wilson diesen seinen besten und ambitioniertesten Roman gewidmet. Mit der Wiedergabe ihrer Schicksale schuf er sechs eigenständige Romane und verschmolz sie nahtlos zu einem einzigen. Das Ergebnis ist ein gigantisches Panorama. Hart, jedoch der künstlerischen Konzeption des Buches entsprechend, wird durch Jahrzehnte von Bildern geschnitten, durch die Lebensstadien der sechs Kinder, durch ein halbes Jahrhundert englischen und europäischen Zeitgeschehens. Mit den künstlerischen Mitteln des Kameramannes schwenkt Angus Wilson von Figur zu Figur: Grossaufnahmen zeigen 'Quentin', den Ältesten, linksgerichteten und prächtig bezahlten Journalisten; 'Rupert', den schönen und begabten Bühnenund Filmschauspieler. Plastisch, wie mit dem Transfokator herangezogen, wirken die Zwillinge 'Margaret' und 'Sukey', erstere eine erfolgreiche Schriftstellerin, die in Ägypten an der Seite eines Archäologen versucht, ihr Leben durch die feder zu bewältigen, letztere brave Hausfrau und Mutter, die ständig - wenn auch erfolglos - mit dem lieben Gott paktiert. In besonders liebevollen Totalen sind 'Gladys', die reiche Geschäftsfrau und Geliebte eines Mannes zwischen zwei Frauen, und 'Marcus', der Jüngste, homosexuell veranlagter sensibler Ästhet und Kunsthändler, eingefangen. >>Kein Grund zum Lachen>kein Grund zum Lachen>Späte Entdeckungen>Kein Grund zum Lachen>Wie durch Magie<< 1973. 5.3"x8.3", 607 seiten (pages). Zufriedenheit garantiert (satisfaction guaranteed). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Condition: 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.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Clean and solid. ; Black & white plates; 8vo; 378 pages.