THE WIDOW: THE LIMITED EDITION by Barton, Fiona - 2016

London, England: Bantam Press/Goldsboro Books, 2016. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. London, England: Bantam Press/Goldsboro Books, 2016. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 320 pages. The author's breakthrough debut novel. One of the most important literary debuts of our time. Limited Slipcased Edition of 700 numbered, pre-publication dated, and signed copies. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the regular trade and American editions. Published as a hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The Limited Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Goldsboro Books: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial hard boards with titles on the spine, as issued. Text by Fiona Barton. Black page edges. Matching glossy pictorial slipcase. Printed on archival stock paper in London to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Fiona Barton's "The Widow". Introduces a thrilling new writer and her "unputdownable" twist to the fairy tale-turned-horror story. Recipient of the prestigious "Reporter of The Year" Award from the British Press Club, Fiona Barton had a brilliant career as writer/editor/journalist in the United Kingdom before retiring to France to write her novel. It is worth noting because her novel is written reportorially, in crisp, staccato sentences, and because it depicts the inner workings of modern journalism ("the media") as few recent novels have: Its mendacity, its corruption, and its power over all our lives, who now live vicariously and voyeuristically. The single most brilliant twist of "The Widow" is that it is the villain who comes across as sympathetic (if rather pathetic) whereas the "heroes" (namely the journalists and their accomplices, the police) come across as repulsive and disgusting. "Takes you into the dark spaces that exist between a husband and a wife" (Publisher's blurb). "Stunning from start to finish. I devoured it in one sitting. The best book I've read this year. Fiona Barton is a major new talent" (M. J. Arlidge). "The Widow" takes up (because it needed to) where its ground-breaking predecessor-global sensations, "Gone Girl" (2012) and "The Girl On The Train" (2015), left off. That is, marriage itself can be, not just make, the real killer, and so Fiona Barton re-introduces, in a way that neither previous novel does, The Child, who becomes every dysfunctional marriage's justification and unwitting, hapless victim. An absolute "must-have" title for Fiona Barton collectors. <b><i> This is a copy of the Limited Slipcased Edition of 700 copies, indicated/numbered as such on the Front Limitation Page. It is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed and dated (before publication) in black ink-pen on the title page by the author: "Fiona Barton January 6, 2016". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page even though it comes from the publisher. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few copies of the Limited Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Precedes and should NOT be confused with the regular trade and American editions. A scarce signed copy thus. </b></i> One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0593076214.