The Debt to Pleasure
by John Lanchester
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Picador, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo.. First impression of the first edition. Dust jacket has slight shelf wear only and is not price clipped. Clear protective plastic sleeve fitted to dust jacket. In near fine condition, signed by Lanchester on the title page. 8vo. 1996
Synopsis
John Lanchester was born in Hamburg in 1962. He was brought up in the Far East and educated in England. He is a columnist for the Daily Telegraph and is on the editorial board of the London Review of Books . The Debt to Pleasure (1996), won the Whitbread First Novel Award, the Betty Trask Prize, the Hawthornden Prize, and a Julia Child Award. His second novel, Mr. Phillips , was published in 2000. His most recent novel is Fragrant Harbour . He lives in London.
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- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5634
- Title
- The Debt to Pleasure
- Author
- John Lanchester
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Picador
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 8vo.
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Petworth, West Sussex
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Market town general antiquarian book shop specialising in literature, travel and history.
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