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Anil's Ghost.
by Ondaatje, Michael
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- fine
- ISBN 10
- 077106893X
- ISBN 13
- 9780771068935
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2000. Hardcover. fine. 1st Canadian Edition. 311pp. Octavo. Original black cloth with silver lettering on front cover and spine. Speckled off white endpapers. Clean, bright and tight text block through out. In illustrated dust jacket, Not price clipped. A nice signed copy. fine Signed in black ink on the title page by the author. Winner of the Giller award and Governor General's award in the year 2000. 2000
Synopsis
Michael Ondaatje is the author of three previous novels, a memoir and eleven books of poetry. His novel The English Patient won the Booker Prize. Born in Sri Lanka, he moved to Canada in 1962 and now lives in Toronto.
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130189
- Title
- Anil's Ghost.
- Author
- Ondaatje, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Quantity Available
- 2
- ISBN 10
- 077106893X
- ISBN 13
- 9780771068935
- Publisher
- McClelland and Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Novel|Canadian Fiction|Canadian Lit.
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