Toronto, Canada: McClelland & Stewart Limited, 2002. First printing. Signed by author on title page. Bumped on ends of spine, else near fine. DJ wrinkled at ends of spine, creased at head of spine, lightly surface smudged, else near fine. Protected in mylar. Note: heavy book.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Guy Vanderhaeghe was born in Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, in 1951. He is the author of four novels, My Present Age (1984), Homesick (1989), co-winner of the City of Toronto Book Award, The Englishman’s Boy (1996), winner of the Governor General’s Award for Fiction and the Saskatchewan Book Awards for Fiction and for Best Book of the Year, and a finalist for The Giller Prize and the prestigious International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and, most recently, The Last Crossing (2002), a long-time national bestseller and winner of the Saskatoon Book Award, the Saskatchewan Book Awards for Fiction and for Book of the Year, and the Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award for Fiction Book of the Year, and a finalist for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book. He is also the author of three collections of short stories, Man Descending (1982), winner of the Governor’s General’s Award and the Faber Prize in the U.K., and The Trouble With Heroes (1983), and Things As They Are (1992). Acclaimed for his fiction, Vanderhaeghe has also written plays. I Had a Job I Liked. Once. was first produced in 1991, and won the Canadian Authors Association Award for Drama. His second play, Dancock’s Dance , was produced in 1995. Guy Vanderhaeghe lives in Saskatoon, where he is a Visiting Professor of English at S.T.M. College. From the Hardcover edition.

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Bookseller: Lindenlea Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005028
Title: The Last Crossing (signed)
Author: Vanderhaeghe, Guy
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0771086938
ISBN 13: 9780771086939
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Limited
Place of Publication: Toronto, Canada
Date Published: 2002
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: Guy Vanderhaeghe
Bookseller catalogs: Canadian;

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