Last Orders FIRST U.K. EDITION
London: Picador, 1996.
First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First U.K. Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 8 3/4" X 5 1/2". 294pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket encased in protective archival sleeve. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of jacket. Black cloth over boards with spine lettered in silver. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. A Highly presentable first printing of this 1996 Booker Prize winning novel by Graham Swift.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
Four men gather in a London pub. They have taken it upon themselves to carry out the last orders of Jack Dodds, master butcher, and deliver his ashes to the sea. As they drive towards the fulfillment of their mission, their errand becomes an extraordinary journey into their collective and individual pasts. Braiding these men's voices, and that of Jack's widow, into a choir of sorrow and resentment, passion and regret, Swift creates a testament to a changing England and to enduring mortality.(Publisher). Very good + / Very good +. Item #8357
ISBN: 0330345591
Price: $15.00