1st Printing. Signed. 200 pages. Published in 2000. The author's fourth novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. This Hardcover Edition was issued after the phenomenal success of "Artemis Fowl", and has become as coveted as its softcover original-predecessor. Eoin (pronounced "Owen") Colfer achieved global fame with his "Artemis Fowl" Series, and deservedly so. Presents Eoin Colfer's "The Wish List". His best novel before he began his celebrated Series belongs on every Colfer reader/collector's shelf. "The Wish List" has rich Dickensian undertones and one of Colfer's most brilliantly imagined twists: Meg Finn has had the prototypical miserable Irish life. First, her mother dies, leaving her with a nasty stepfather. Angry and alone, Meg finds herself committing acts of petty crime. Just as she is about to go straight, she gets killed in a botched robbery attempt. St. Peter and Beelzebub cannot decide which way Meg is supposed to go because she is "one in a million": A soul perfectly balanced between Good and Evil. They finally decide that Meg has to go back and somehow tip the scales up. She is assigned to help the last person she hurt, a man with a wish list of wrong choices that he wants to make right. "Refreshing, inventive, witty, and original" (Prue Goodwin). A soul perfectly balanced between Good and Evil: It may be a fantasy, but Colfer somehow makes us believe that many, if not most, of us start out that way and like Meg, work our way up. An absolute "must-have" title for Eoin Colfer collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the title page by Eoin Colfer. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the finest writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER EOIN COLFER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0670913855.

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Title: THE WISH LIST - Scarce Pristine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Signed by Eoin Colfer - SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE
Publisher: London, England: Puffin Books/The Penguin Group, 2000
Publication Date: 2002
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0670913855
ISBN 13: 9780670913855
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition.
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: As New
Signed: Signed by Author

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Meg Finn has led a miserable life. First, her mum died, saddling her with a useless, nasty stepfather. Then, angry and alone, Meg found herself committing acts of petty crime with dim-witted hood Belch Brennan. Finally, just as she was about to go straight to honor her sainted mum s memory, Belch went and got them both killed as they attempted to rob crabby old Lowrie McCall. And if that wasn t bad enough, now St. Peter and Beelzebub can t decide which way Meg is supposed to go. She is one in a million: a soul perfectly balanced between good and evil. Now Meg s got to go back and somehow tip the scales UP--the further, the better! To earn her wings, Meg s been assigned to help the last person she tried to hurt (Lowrie McCall) who has a wish list of wrong choices that he wants to make right. But Beelzebub can t stand the thought of a bad soul going good. So he sends back the soul of powerfully stupid Belch, (who went straight down without stopping) to muck things up for Meg and Lowrie. But Meg s got smarts on her side and more than just a few tricks up her insubstantial sleeve...

At times, best-selling author Eoin Colfer s Wish List reads like a head-on collision between Dawson s Creek and Touched by an Angel. But rabid fans of the Artemis Fowl books won t notice or care. This black comedy is sure to make every fantasy-reading teen s Wish List. --Jennifer Hubert

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