KERI HULME - The Bone People

London, England, Picador, 1986. 1st Picador Edition, Binding: Softcover, Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0330293877 Paperback Paperback. Message and date to previous owner to inside cover. Winner of the 1985 Booker McConnell Prize. Set on the harsh South Island beaches of New Zealand, bound in Maori myth and entwined with Christian symbols, the author's provocative novel summons power with words, as a conjurer's spell. She casts her magic on three fiercely unique characters, but reminds us that we, like them, are 'nothing more than people', and that, in a sense, we are all cannibals, compelled to consume the gift of love with demands for perfection (New York Times Book Review) 450.