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These DeMented Lands: 2 (Morvern Callar Cycle)

These DeMented Lands: 2 (Morvern Callar Cycle) Paperback - 1998

by Warner, Alan

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An air-crash investigator haunts the hinterlands of an island--around the isolated honeymoon hot spot, the Drome Hotel--gathering the debris from fallen planes that the islanders have fashioned into makeshift sheds and fences. But what kind of jigsaw is he really assembling as he paces the runway? A uniquely original novel by the author of "Morvern Callar".

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  • Title These DeMented Lands: 2 (Morvern Callar Cycle)
  • Author Warner, Alan
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Anchor Books
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Anchor Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1998-02-17
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GOR002658035
  • ISBN 9780385491464 / 0385491468
  • Weight 0.48 lbs (0.22 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.21 x 5.73 x 0.66 in (20.85 x 14.55 x 1.68 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Experimental fiction, Young women - Fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97040253
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

Alan Warner has a gift greater than the gift of telling a story. He can make what he chooses to tell us seem like a story we were waiting to hear' Adam Mars-Jones, ObserverAn aircrash investigator haunts the hinterlands of an island - around the isolated honeymoon hotspot, the Drome Hotel - gathering the fallen pieces of planes that have been used in makeshift sheds and fences; but what kind of jigsaw is he really is he really assembling as he paces the runway? A young woman makes landfall on the island, crossing the interior to arrive at the Drome Hotel: desperate, strange - and strangely familiar. . . Meanwhile, DJ Cormorant is trying to organise The Big One, a rave on the adjacent airstrip, and from all over These Demented Lands come twisted characters - The Arganout, the Knife Sharpener, The Devil's Advocate and the Crazed troupe of Cattle rovers - converging for one final Saturday night at the Drome Hotel

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An air-crash investigator haunts the hinterlands of an island - around the isolated honeymoon spot, the Drome Hotel - gathering the debris from fallen planes that the islanders have fashioned into makeshift sheds and fences; but what kind of jigsaw is he really assembling as he paces the runway? A young woman makes landfall on the island, crossing the interior to arrive at the Drome Hotel: desperate, strange - and strangely familiar. Meanwhile, DJ Cormorant is trying to organize The Big One, a rave on the adjacent airstrip, and from all over These Demented Lands come twisted characters, converging for one final Saturday night at the Drome Hotel.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 03/15/1998, Page 1203
  • Kirkus Reviews, 03/15/1998, Page 365
  • Publishers Weekly, 02/23/1998, Page 52

About the author

Alan Warner is the author of many novels, including Morvern Callar, These Demented Lands, The Sopranos, and The Stars in the Bright Sky. He currently resides in Edinburgh.

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