THE OLD DEVILS
by Amis, Kingsley
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0091637902
- ISBN 13
- 9780091637903
- Seller
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson, 1986. First edition, limited issue produced by London Limited Editions of 250 specially bound and numbered copies signed by Amis on the limitation page. Copy #93. Quarter cloth with gilt lettering and decorated paper-covered boards. Glassine dustwrapper. Corners just touched, faint soil on topedge; dustwrapper with edgewear, chipping at spine ends and small perforation on spine fold. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dustwrapper with an archival cover. Booker Prize winner. Adapted for the BBC bu Andrew Davies. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.
Synopsis
Kingsley William Amis was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. He was the recipient of the Man Booker prize in 1986 for the superbly written novel The Old Devils . The book is centered in Wales and revolves around the lives of several Welsh couples in their sixties. Alun and Rhiannon Weaver cause a commotion when they return to Wales after several years in England and begin associating with their former group of friends. Alun is a writer and is somewhat of a celebrity, and his wife Rhiannon was the girlfriend of Alums’ old acquaintance, Peter Thomas. Alun also has somewhat of a past with several ladies in the group of friends, thus causing a level of anxiety for the husbands. While drinking in the house of an acquaintance, Weaver dies suddenly, leaving the rest of the group to pick up the pieces of their brief reunion. The story is rendered in a reader-friendly prose style and is considered a brilliant novel of great honesty.
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- Bookseller
- Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30815
- Title
- THE OLD DEVILS
- Author
- Amis, Kingsley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0091637902
- ISBN 13
- 9780091637903
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Booker Prize
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