Picador, 2005, Medium Trade Paperback, Book Condition: Near Fine, Reprint
Medium Trade Paperback. 186 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Picador, UK, 2005. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing or wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are lightly tanned. This book is an unread copy. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: With characters as diverse Christ, the red-breasted robin and kings Arthur and Alfred, "Black Dirt" is the story of Frank - and the stories he tells George and Margaret, his adult children. Frank, lying ill in bed, finds his dying dreams haunted by figures from his childhood: his parents, and his older sister Iris, whose existence - and terrible crime - he has spent long years struggling to forget. Margaret gathers together the random fragments of his recollections and tries to piece together the past - while George, who has never quite grown-up, struggles to remember even recent events. Revealing the dark and sinister shadows that can shape a child's imagination, "Black Dirt" is a haunting tale of a father and his family, told, like the layering of the earth, in different tones and textures. *** Quantity Available: 20. Category: Fiction; General; ISBN: 0330426400. ISBN/EAN: 9780330426404. Inventory No: 09010065. *** FREE tracked shipping for all orders within Australia ***
Medium Trade Paperback. 186 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Picador, UK, 2005. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing or wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are lightly tanned. This book is an unread copy. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: With characters as diverse Christ, the red-breasted robin and kings Arthur and Alfred, "Black Dirt" is the story of Frank - and the stories he tells George and Margaret, his adult children. Frank, lying ill in bed, finds his dying dreams haunted by figures from his childhood: his parents, and his older sister Iris, whose existence - and terrible crime - he has spent long years struggling to forget. Margaret gathers together the random fragments of his recollections and tries to piece together the past - while George, who has never quite grown-up, struggles to remember even recent events. Revealing the dark and sinister shadows that can shape a child's imagination, "Black Dirt" is a haunting tale of a father and his family, told, like the layering of the earth, in different tones and textures. *** Quantity Available: 20. Category: Fiction; General; ISBN: 0330426400. ISBN/EAN: 9780330426404. Inventory No: 09010065. *** FREE tracked shipping for all orders within Australia ***