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The Steady Running of the Hour: A Novel
by Go, Justin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1476704589
- ISBN 13
- 9781476704586
- Seller
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About This Item
U.S.A: Simon & Schuster, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Signed by Author. Signed by Author Signed by Author Type: Remainder. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Signed by author on title page. Rem Mk on upper edge. Debut novel about a young man from San Francisco who finds he may be the rightful heir to an unclaimed estate of an English World War I officer. He journeys from London to the Somme battlefield to Iceland to find the truth--about the officer, his estate, and himself. The book is bound in sparkling ivory half cloth with gilt titles, blue paper wrapped boards, no wear--as new. Pages are quite clean, a few of them have some slight waviness, no markings of any kind. Jacket is Near Fine, not price-clipped. 466 pages. 9.4 x 6.25 inches. 2014, Simon & Schuster, USA
Synopsis
In this mesmerizing debut, a young American discovers he may be heir to the unclaimed estate of an English World War I officer, which launches him on a quest across Europe to uncover the elusive truth. Just after graduating college, Tristan Campbell receives a letter delivered by special courier to his apartment in San Francisco. It contains the phone number of a Mr. J.F. Prichard of Twyning & Hooper, Solicitors, in LondonâÈ'and news that could change TristanâÈçs life forever. In 1924, Prichard explains, an English alpinist named Ashley Walsingham died attempting to summit Mt. Everest, leaving his fortune to his former lover, Imogen Soames-Andersson. But the estate was never claimed. Information has recently surfaced suggesting Tristan may be the rightful heir, but unless he can find documented evidence, the fortune will be divided among charitable beneficiaries in less than two months. In a breathless race from London archives to Somme battlefields to the Eastfjords of Iceland, Tristan pieces together the story of a forbidden affair set against the tumult of the First World War and the pioneer British expeditions to Mt. Everest. Following his instincts through a maze of frenzied research, Tristan soon becomes obsessed with the tragic lovers, and he crosses paths with a mysterious French girl named Mireille who suggests there is more to his quest than he realizes. Tristan must prove that he is related to Imogen to inherit AshleyâÈçs fortuneâÈ'but the more he learns about the couple, the stranger his journey becomes. The Steady Running of the Hour announces the arrival of a stunningly talented author. Part love story, part historical tour de force, Justin GoâÈçs novel is utterly compelling, unpredictable, and heartrending.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023638
- Title
- The Steady Running of the Hour: A Novel
- Author
- Go, Justin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1476704589
- ISBN 13
- 9781476704586
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 2014
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- INHERITANCE WORLD WAR I, 1914-1919 MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION MOUNTAINEERS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Adventure;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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