We Spread [Signed 1st Printing]

Reid, Iain

ISBN 10: 1982165057 / ISBN 13: 9781982165055

Published by Scribner Canada, Toronto, 2022

About this Item

1st printing of the first Canadian hardcover edition of the Canadian author's third novel SIGNED by Reid on the title page with a black ballpoint pen. Kelly green paper boards and cloth binding with white end papers and gold titles. A tight copy with sharp corners. Ghost of pencil erasure top corner of front free end paper. The jacket is bright, crisp and price intact. Also available from this bookseller are multiple signed first printings of the author's books.

Seller Inventory # 002678

Bibliographic Details

• Title: We Spread [Signed 1st Printing]
• Publisher: Scribner Canada, Toronto
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1982165057
• ISBN 13: 9781982165055
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Canadian Fiction, Autographed

About this title

Synopsis

FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL’S LITERARY AWARDS

The author of the “evocative, spine-tingling, and razor-sharp” (Bustle) I’m Thinking of Ending Things that inspired the Netflix original movie and the “short, shocking psychological three-hander” (The Guardian) Foe returns with a new work of philosophical suspense.

Penny, an artist, has lived in the same apartment for decades, surrounded by the artifacts and keepsakes of her long life. She is resigned to the mundane rituals of old age, until things start to slip. Before her longtime partner passed away years earlier, provisions were made, unbeknownst to her, for a room in a unique long-term care residence, where Penny finds herself after one too many “incidents.”

Initially, surrounded by peers, conversing, eating, sleeping, looking out at the beautiful woods that surround the house, all is well. She even begins to paint again. But as the days start to blur together, Penny—with a growing sense of unrest and distrust—starts to lose her grip on the passage of time and on her place in the world. Is she succumbing to the subtly destructive effects of aging, or is she an unknowing participant in something more unsettling?

At once compassionate and uncanny, told in spare, hypnotic prose, Iain Reid’s genre-defying third novel explores questions of conformity, art, productivity, relationships, and what, ultimately, it means to grow old.

About the Author

Iain Reid is the author of four previous books, including his New York Times bestselling debut novel I’m Thinking of Ending Things, which has been translated into more than twenty languages. Oscar winner Charlie Kaufman wrote and directed the film adaptation for Netflix. His second novel, Foe, is being adapted for film, starring Saoirse Ronan, with Reid cowriting the screenplay. His latest novel is We Spread. Reid lives in Ontario, Canada. Follow him on Twitter @Reid_Iain.