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The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ
by Pullman, Philip
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0857860070
- ISBN 13
- 9780857860071
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2010* Publisher: Canongate.* Binding and cover condition: Text-illustrated, soft card covers with french flaps. Black and gold on bright red ground. Spine maroon & gold. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to edges & corners. Slight damage to rear cover. No creases to spine, slight crease to hinge. Seems lightly used. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Very slightly grubby page edges. VG+* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 245 pp. text. v pp. advertisements & blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- In this ingenious and spell-binding retelling of the life of Jesus, Philip Pullman revisits the most influential story ever told. Charged with mystery, compassion and enormous power, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ throws fresh light on who Jesus was and asks the reader questions that will continue to resonate long after the final page is turned. For, above all, this book is about how stories become stories.* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with slight shelf & reading wear.*
Synopsis
SUSAN HILL's novels and short stories have won the Whitbread, Somerset Maugham and John Llewellyn Rhys awards and been finalists for the Booker Prize. She is the author of over 40 books, including the 6 previous Serrailler crime novels, The Various Haunts of Men , The Pure in Heart , The Risk of Darkness , The Vows of Silence , The Shadows in the Street and The Betrayal of Trust . The play adapted from her famous ghost story, The Woman in Black , was recently made into a film starring Daniel Radcliffe. Hill was born in North Yorkshire, England and educated at King's College, London. She is married to the Shakespeare scholar Stanley Wells, and they have 2 daughters. She lives in Gloucestershire, where she runs her own small publishing firm, Long Barn Books.
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5609
- Title
- The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ
- Author
- Pullman, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/VG/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0857860070
- ISBN 13
- 9780857860071
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh UK 256
- Date Published
- 2010-10-07
- Size
- 12.8 x 1.9 x 20.7 cm
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