Faulks, Sebastian

Engleby: A Novel [SIGNED FIRST EDITION]

New York: Doubleday, 2007.

First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author in ink to title page. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". 319pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket encased in proctective archival sleeve. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of jacket. Gray paper over boards with spine lettered in red. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound.

ABOUT THIS BOOK:
Bestselling British author Sebastian Faulks reinvents the unreliable narrator with his singular, haunting creation—Mike Engleby.

"My name is Mike Engleby, and I'm in my second year at an ancient university."

With that brief introduction we meet one of the most mesmerizing, singular voices in a long tradition of disturbing narrators. Despite his obvious intelligence and compelling voice, it is clear that something about solitary, odd Mike is not quite right. When he becomes fixated on a classmate named Jennifer Arkland and she goes missing, we are left with the looming question: Is Mike Engleby involved? As he grows up, finding a job and even a girlfriend in London, Mike only becomes more and more detached from those around him in an almost anti-coming-of-age. His inability to relate to others and his undependable memory (able to recall countless lines of text yet sometimes incapable of summoning up his own experiences from mere days before) lead the reader down an unclear and often darkly humorous path where one is never completely comfortable or confident about what is true.

Mike Engleby is a chilling and unforgettable character, and Engleby is a novel that will surprise and beguile Sebastian Faulks' readership.(Publisher). Very good / very good. Item #8424
ISBN: 9780385524056

Price: $35.00