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Hand Me Down World
by Jones, Lloyd
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- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1848544782
- ISBN 13
- 9781848544789
- Seller
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 2010. First UK edition. Hardback. As New/Fine. John Murray, London, 2010. First UK edition. Book condition: fine and unread. Dust jacket condition: Near fine - very minor creasing to head of spine and to rear flap. This is a story about a woman. And the truck driver who mistook her for a prostitute. The old man she robbed and the hunters who smuggled her across the border. The woman whose name she stole, the wife who turned a blind eye. This is the story of a mother searching for a child. This is a novel you cannot stop thinking about.
Synopsis
Lloyd Jones was born in New Zealand in 1955. His best-known works include Mister Pip , winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, The Book of Fame , winner of numerous literary awards, Biografi , Choo Woo , Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance , Paint Your Wife and the short-story collection The Man in the Shed . He lives in Wellington.
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- Bookseller
- Ariadne Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1302504
- Title
- Hand Me Down World
- Author
- Jones, Lloyd
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- First UK edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1848544782
- ISBN 13
- 9781848544789
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- Modern Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
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Ariadne Books
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire
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