Clapp's Rock
by William Rowe
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Formby, Merseyside, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. Very Good. 1984. First Edition. Paperback. The book is tightly bound, edges a little grubby. Some wear to the extremities; the spine is faded/sunned. Internally clean and bright; free of markings and foxing. ; From the library of David Lodge. David Lodge is an English author and critic. A literature professor at the University of Birmingham until 1987, some of his novels satirise academic life, another theme is Roman Catholicism. Two of his novels were shortlisted for the Booker Prize; he also served as the chairman on the Booker Prize jury in 1989. Lodge has also written television screenplays and three stage plays. After retiring, he continued to publish literary criticism. Inscribed to Lodge. "Rowe treads a fine line between satire and true-to-life fiction in this rollicking story of a Newfoundlander who stands to win everything - or maybe lose all- in his wanton pursuit of political power." ; 364 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Truffle Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 632
- Title
- Clapp's Rock
- Author
- William Rowe
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1984
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