2012, ISBN: 9780224087902

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - ti… Mehr…

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - tiny closed tear to bottom, rear corner - no other nicks or tears present.Head+foot of spine/ backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creases.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean also.Bright,clean, blue- green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain light grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,vpp+1-296pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,contents list and 19 chapters. Gabriel Emerson seemed a magic child.He dreamed dreams beyond the reach of his older brother.His father,Walt,who brought the boys up alone in the Cumbrian town of Laing,loved Gabriel with a sense of bewilderment and awe.But during the Second World War,Gabriel was witness to a terrifying act of collective violence which left him traumatized, amnesiac and mute,and some time after the war he was admitted to a colony for the feeble-minded out on the fells.But now,the colony is closing down,its grounds have been sold for redevelopment,and each week more residents disappear.Gabriel knows that he has little time left,and,accompanied by three other residents,he begins an extraordinary journey.Haunted since childhood by the story of his namesake,the 17thC scholar and explorer,Gabriel re-dreams and retraces the Arctic voyage on which Emerson died after sailing from Laing.In the last weeks that they have,the four men breathe life into a lost world as they re-enact Emerson's disputed discovery of the North- West Passage.This is a novel in which a man can live in two worlds,in which a nameless,third-class hotel can be seen to be Heaven,and a man's interpretation of the Word of God can sometimes be Hell,in which a group of abandoned and forgotten men set out to reclaim their lives, because every man is a story and has an end to fashion,and even the smallest leaning into the light can sometimes be enough.Author's 3rd novel. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.GRANTA BOOKS,1997., 5, UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3,so 1st edn,2nd imp.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with white lettering to front and spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear and some minimal creasing to edges - no major nicks or tears present.Top edges with an indeterminate but light splash/stain(?) near head of spine but no foxing/spotting,fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain black endpapers - ffe with an accidental lower corner crease.UK,thick 8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,3-548pp [paginated] includes 6 Pts with varying numbers of chapters in each,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,2 epigrams/quotations, contents list/table,Pts separator pages and acknowledgements to verso of blank recto of the last page. Mark Renton has it all: he's good-looking,young,with a pretty girlfriend and a place at university.But there's no room for him in the 1980s. Thatcher's government is destroying working-class communities across Britain,and the post-war certainties of full employment,educational opportunity and a welfare state are gone.When his family starts to fracture,Mark's life swings out of control and he succumbs to the defeatism which has taken hold of Edinburgh's grimmer areas.The way out is heroin. It's no better for his friends.Spud Murphy is paid off from his job,Tommy Lawrence feels himself being sucked into a life of petty crime and violence - the worlds of the thieving Matty Connell and psychotic Franco Begbie.Only Sick Boy,the supreme manipulator of the opposite sex,seems to ride the current,scamming and hustling his way through it all. 'Skagboys' charts their journey from likely lads to young men addicted to heroin which has flooded their disintegrating community.This is the 1980s: a time of drugs,poverty,AIDS,violence, political strife and hatred - but a lot of laughs,and maybe just a little love; a decade which changed Britain for ever.The prequel to the world-renowned 'Trainspotting',this is an exhilarating and moving book,full of the scabrous humour,raw,salty vernacular and appalling behaviour that has made Irvine Welsh a household name. 'Trainspotting',introduced the memorable characters from that novel and this novel now provides all the elusive answers to the unvoiced questions Welsh's readers have harbored about the earlier book during the many years since its release.The first novel by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh,first released in 1993.It takes the form of a collection of short stories.Has since achieved cult status,added to by the global success of the film based on it, 'Trainspotting' (1996), directed by Danny Boyle.Welsh wrote a sequel, 'Porno' in 2002. 'Skagboys',is a novel that serves as a prequel, published in April 2012. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,2012., 5<

2012, ISBN: 9780224087902

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3,so 1st edn,2nd imp.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour … Mehr…

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3,so 1st edn,2nd imp.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with white lettering to front and spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear and some minimal creasing to edges - no major nicks or tears present.Top edges with an indeterminate but light splash/stain(?) near head of spine but no foxing/spotting,fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain black endpapers - ffe with an accidental lower corner crease.UK,thick 8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,3-548pp [paginated] includes 6 Pts with varying numbers of chapters in each,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,2 epigrams/quotations, contents list/table,Pts separator pages and acknowledgements to verso of blank recto of the last page. Mark Renton has it all: he's good-looking,young,with a pretty girlfriend and a place at university.But there's no room for him in the 1980s. Thatcher's government is destroying working-class communities across Britain,and the post-war certainties of full employment,educational opportunity and a welfare state are gone.When his family starts to fracture,Mark's life swings out of control and he succumbs to the defeatism which has taken hold of Edinburgh's grimmer areas.The way out is heroin. It's no better for his friends.Spud Murphy is paid off from his job,Tommy Lawrence feels himself being sucked into a life of petty crime and violence - the worlds of the thieving Matty Connell and psychotic Franco Begbie.Only Sick Boy,the supreme manipulator of the opposite sex,seems to ride the current,scamming and hustling his way through it all. 'Skagboys' charts their journey from likely lads to young men addicted to heroin which has flooded their disintegrating community.This is the 1980s: a time of drugs,poverty,AIDS,violence, political strife and hatred - but a lot of laughs,and maybe just a little love; a decade which changed Britain for ever.The prequel to the world-renowned 'Trainspotting',this is an exhilarating and moving book,full of the scabrous humour,raw,salty vernacular and appalling behaviour that has made Irvine Welsh a household name. 'Trainspotting',introduced the memorable characters from that novel and this novel now provides all the elusive answers to the unvoiced questions Welsh's readers have harbored about the earlier book during the many years since its release.The first novel by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh,first released in 1993.It takes the form of a collection of short stories.Has since achieved cult status,added to by the global success of the film based on it, 'Trainspotting' (1996), directed by Danny Boyle.Welsh wrote a sequel, 'Porno' in 2002. 'Skagboys',is a novel that serves as a prequel, published in April 2012. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,2012., 5<

2012, ISBN: 0224087908

[EAN: 9780224087902], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 2.39], [PU: Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London], IRVINE WELSH SKAGBOYS, Mark Renton has it all: he's good-looking, young,… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780224087902], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 2.39], [PU: Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London], IRVINE WELSH SKAGBOYS, Mark Renton has it all: he's good-looking, young, with a pretty girlfriend and a place at university. But there's no room for him in the 1980s. Thatcher's government is destroying working-class communities across Britain, and the post-war certainties of full employment, educational opportunity and a welfare state are gone. When his family starts to fracture, Mark's life swings out of control and he succumbs to the defeatism which has taken hold in Edinburgh's grimmer areas. The way out is heroin. It's no better for his friends. Spud Murphy is paid off from his job, Tommy Lawrence feels himself being sucked into a life of petty crime and violence - the worlds of the thieving Matty Connell and psychotic Franco Begbie. Only Sick Boy, the supreme manipulator of the opposite sex, seems to ride the current, scamming and hustling his way through it all. Skagboys charts their journey from likely lads to young men addicted to the heroin which has flooded their disintegrating community. This is the 1980s: a time of drugs, poverty, AIDS, violence, political strife and hatred - but a lot of laughs, and maybe just a little love; a decade which changed Britain for ever. The prequel to the world-renowned Trainspotting, this is an exhilarating and moving book, full of the scabrous humour, salty vernacular and appalling behaviour that has made Irvine Welsh a household name. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<

2012, ISBN: 9780224087902

buch. Skagboys Bibliothek Bindung Irvine WelshDas Datenblatt dieses Produkts wurde ursprünglich auf Englisch verfasst. Unten finden Sie eine automatische Übersetzung ins Deutsche. Sollten… Mehr…

buch. Skagboys Bibliothek Bindung Irvine WelshDas Datenblatt dieses Produkts wurde ursprünglich auf Englisch verfasst. Unten finden Sie eine automatische Übersetzung ins Deutsche. Sollten Sie irgendwelche Fragen haben, kontaktieren Sie uns.buchbuch Publisher Vintage Publishing Item Height 240mm Language English Author Irvine Welsh Item Weight 901g Format Hardcover Item Width 162mm Publication Name Penguin Random House Topic Books Publication Year 2012 Book Title Skagboys Number of Pages 560 Pages , Gut, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Höhe: 240mm, Sprache: Englisch, Gewicht: 901g, Format: Gebundene Ausgabe, Artikel Breite: 162mm, Name Publikation: Pinguin Random House, Thematik: Bücher, Buchtitel: Skagboys, Anzahl der Seiten: 560 Seiten, Marke: Markenlos, Vintage Verlag, 2012<