Spares
by Smith, Michael Marshall
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 055310604X
- ISBN 13
- 9780553106046
- Seller
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Charlotte Hall, Maryland, United States
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Synopsis
Talking fridges, human clone farms, flying shopping malls – we must be in the Michael Marshall Smith zone. A world all too close to our own...Spares – human clones, the ultimate health insurance. An eye for an eye – but some people are doing all the taking. Spares – the story of Jack Randall: burnt-out, dropped out, and way overdrawn at the luck bank. But as caretaker on a Spares Farm, he still has a choice, and it might make a difference...if he can run fast enough. Spares – a breathless race through strange, disturbing territories in a world all too close to our own. Spares – it's fiction. But only just...
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- rarefirstscom (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001585
- Title
- Spares
- Author
- Smith, Michael Marshall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 055310604X
- ISBN 13
- 9780553106046
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Place of Publication
- New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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