Published by Orion Books of London in 2006. Soft cover, so no Dust Jacket. 1st edition. An Uncorrected Proof Copy. Book condition: Good to Very Good. Both cover and inside pages are in good order but there may have been some slight water damage in the past. See photograph. Dims: 235mm x 155mm x 33mm. 416 pages.

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Title

The Thirteenth Tale (An Uncorrected Proof Copy)

Publisher

Orion Books, London, England

Publication Date

2006

Language

English

ISBN 10

0752875736

ISBN 13

9780752875736

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

No Jacket

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2006 1st British edition, hardcover. If read, it was gently read - looks brand new! Tight straight spine, pages, boards and dustjacket in overall near mint condition. Jacket protected in brand new clear plastic brodart protective cover!

Review

Settle down to enjoy a rousing good ghost story with Diane Setterfield's debut novel, The Thirteenth Tale. Setterfield has rejuvenated the genre with this closely plotted, clever foray into a world of secrets, confused identities, lies, and half-truths. She never cheats by pulling a rabbit out of a hat; this atmospheric story hangs together perfectly.

There are two heroines here: Vida Winter, a famous author, whose life story is coming to an end, and Margaret Lea, a young, unworldly, bookish girl who is a bookseller in her father's shop. Vida has been confounding her biographers and fans for years by giving everybody a different version of her life, each time swearing it's the truth. Because of a biography that Margaret has written about brothers, Vida chooses Margaret to tell her story, all of it, for the first time. At their initial meeting, the conversation begins:

"You have given nineteen different versions of your life story to journalists in the last two years alone."

She [Vida] shrugged. "It's my profession. I'm a storyteller."

"I am a biographer, I work with facts."

The game is afoot and Margaret must spend some time sorting out whether or not Vida is actually ready to tell the whole truth. There is more here of Margaret discovering than of Vida cooperating wholeheartedly, but that is part of Vida's plan. The transformative power of truth informs the lives of both women by story's end, and The Thirteenth Tale is finally and convincingly told. --Valerie Ryan

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