Hutchinson, London, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. In Elaine Feinstein's new novel, which is wider in scale and more fascinating in theme than any of her previous books, a group of English tourists on a Golden Wonder holiday in Istanbul find themselves involved in a re-enactment of a seventeenth century legend, and a chain of events with bizarre consequence for the whole world. The story ranges across present-day Europe, East and West, charting prejudice, brutality and longing for apocalyptic change. The mood of the tale moves from gentle irony to black farce; with time for the misadventures of Howard, middle-aged accountant and his wife, as well as magnificent monsters like Lilian the astrologer and Anastasia, Russian aristocrat and drug -smuggler extraordinary. At the centre of the legend, hidden (like the master of a seventeenth century shadow-puppet show) stands a figure of enormous and controversial authority whose own role we do not come to understand until the book comes to its powerful close. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 238 pages. Dust Jacket is fully intact, no tears or chips, but carries signs of light wear to top and bottom edges. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine. slight bumping to bottom edge. black cloth. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Novel; Modern First Editions; Fiction. ISBN: 009134560X. ISBN/EAN: 9780091345600. Inventory No: 2817. . 9780091345600

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Bookseller: Bookbarrow (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2817
Title: The Shadow Master
Author: Elaine Feinstein
Format/Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)
Book Condition: Used - Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 009134560X
ISBN 13: 9780091345600
Publisher: Hutchinson
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1978
Keywords: BZDB227 Fiction/Novels/Modern First Editions/Elaine Feinstein Fiction; Novel; Modern First Editions; Fiction. Unbranded ISBN: 009134560X EAN: 9780091345600 Elaine Feinstein The Shadow Master

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