Dark Places [Inscribed and Signed by the Author]

Kate Grenville

ISBN 10: 0732907896 / ISBN 13: 9780732907891

Published by Macmillan Australia, Chippendale. NSW. AUST, 1994

About this Item

275 pp.Original red boards, gilt lettering to spine, pale yellow endpapers. Inscribed and Signed by Kate Grenville on the title page. Light wear and mild spotting to the text block. Moderate age toning to the top edge. (BH) 11/23.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1555045458203

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dark Places [Inscribed and Signed by the Author]
• Publisher: Macmillan Australia, Chippendale. NSW. AUST
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0732907896
• ISBN 13: 9780732907891
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Australian Literature

About this title

Synopsis

Dark Places tells the story of this man – two parts monster to one part buffoon – and of his growing obsession. As the horror mounts, we gain a terrifying glimpse of the male ego’s dark side, and of the destruction it can wreak upon itself and others. Yet at the same time Kate Grenville keeps alive the reader’s sympathy for this doomed figure. This is a novel that fearlessly confronts the aspects of ourselves from which we normally recoil. ‘An eloquent, angry and humane novel. . . A very fine, albeit terrifying, writer’ Irish Times ‘Remarkable’ Guardian 'A writer of extraordinary talent' New York Times

About the Author

Kate Grenville is a prize-winning fiction writer whose novels include Lilian's Story, Dark Places and the Orange Prize award winning novel The Idea of Perfection. She lives in Sydney with her husband, son and daughter.