The Remake

Clive James - VERY RARE SIGNED FIRST EDITION WITH LETTER & CARD

ISBN 10: 0224025155 / ISBN 13: 9780224025157

Published by Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1987

About this Item

RARE SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Possibly the only signed copy on the internet and most certainly UNIQUE with these enclosures. The author has written on the inside front endpaper: 'To Peter Kettle, from the new proprietor of The Delaminating Swan - Clive James.' Enclosed with this is a fine reproduction of the painting mentioned, which CJ had bought at the artist's London one man show. This is signed by the artist on the back of the card, Peter Kettle. Another enclosure is a hand written letter about The Remake from Clive James, in which he mentions the novel as 'My favourite among my own books'. This is also signed, on BBC notepaper. Unclipped jacket is protected.This really is a unique group of items. I am reluctant to sell it which is why the price is high. Language: eng.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Remake
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0224025155
• ISBN 13: 9780224025157
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author

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Synopsis

James, Clive. The Remake. London, Jonathan Cape, 1987. 22 cm x 32 cm. 223 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Joel Court has problems. He's lost his wife, his mistress, quite possibly his career as an astronomical wizard, and has ended up living with Chance Jenolan, to whom success is a way of life, and whose Barbican fortress is protected by a maze that would shame the Minotaur. To make matters worse, there is the Mole. Her heavenly body outshines all the celestial manifestations Joel has ever seen. Pretty soon, he will not be able to bear having her out of his sights . . . 'The Remake is a consideration of the artistic and the media-star lifestyle, full of brilliant observation.' London Evening Standard Magazine 'As sharp as a tack and as clever as eleven wagonloads of monkeys.' Guardian 'The reader is kept busy catching the glancing reflections, fitting together bits of puzzle and enjoying jokes. There is much that cries out to be quoted. Clive James's latest book is funny, serious, challenging, annoying, iconoclastic, elitist, erudite and erotic.' Adelaide Advertiser 'The Remake truly floored me. Very few books have forced me to compare form and content as powerfully as this novel and I use the word novel with caution. Dialogue, description, plot and situation, Clive James has mastered them all. Eloquent and erudite, he uses words with such ease, grace and effectiveness that levels of language and meaning are grasped in gestalt; a phrase can be a word.' Jerusalem Post (Amazon)