The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith-SIGNED FIRST PRINTING

Carey, Peter

ISBN 10: 0571171974 / ISBN 13: 9780571171972

Published by Faber, London, 1994

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Near fine first printing in near fine dustwrapper. The book is as new and unread but with one or two light spots to the top edge The dustwrapper is complete with no chips, tears or creases evident but with a little shelfwear to the top edge. Signed by the author to the title page, without inscription. As a keen collector myself I make every effort to provide a high level of service. Enquiries welcomed. Seller Inventory # 005649

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith-SIGNED ...

Publisher: Faber, London

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition

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Synopsis:

From a writer whom Thomas Keneally calls "one of the great figures on the cusp of the millennium" comes a novel that conjures an entire world that suggests our own, but tilted on its axis—a world whose most powerful country, Voorstand, dominates its neighbors with ruthless espionage and its mesmerizing but soul-destroying Sirkus.

Into that world comes Tristan Smith, a malformed, heroically willful, and unforgivingly observant child. Tristan's life includes adventure and loss, political intrigue, and a bizarre stardom in the Voorstand Sirkus, where animals talk and human performers die real deaths. The result is a visionary picaresque, staggering in its inventions, spellbinding in its suspense, and unabashedly moving.

From the Inside Flap:

rize-winning author of Oscar and Lucinda and The Tax Inspector now gives readers a hero, the malformed but ferociously wilful Tristan Smith, who becomes the object of the world's byzantine political intrigues, even as he attains stardom in a bizarre Sirkus that is part passion play and part Mortal Kombat.