RABAN, JONATHAN

Waxwings

London, U.K. Picador. 2003. (ISBN: 9780330413206). Hardcover. Used, Hardcover. Dust jacket is slightly worn along upper edges and a little faded, with a few minor surface scratches. Very light bumping to hardcover spine foot. Binding is sound; pages are tight and clean; text is clear. AF. Very Good/Good.

PsychoBabel BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 306832

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: 9780330413206

Raban, Jonathan

Waxwings

VGC. Picador, 2003. First edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2). Black hardback(some dents and large scratches on the front cover, gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(a couple of larges scratches and crease on the front Dj cover, small nicks, crease and scratch on the edges of the Dj cover), both in VGC. Nice and clean pages with a small ink mark and nick on the outer edges, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. The book is in VGC except for the dents and scratches on the front cover. 311pp. Price un-clipped. Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 9780330413206

Alpha 2 Omega BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 3984

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 9780330413206

RABAN, JONATHAN

Waxwings

Picador. 2003. (ISBN: 9780330413206). Hardcover, 9.2 x 6 x 1.3 inches. Paperback in good condition. 2003 Picador, our cover different to one shown. Amazon - Jonathan Raban's Waxwings is a canticle for the late 1990s told through the intertwined lives of several Seattlites. In the novel, the city becomes a microcosm of America at the turn of the millennium, and Raban's characters all in some way tragic "tourists" in the world are rendered with a compassion that redeems their personal failings. Thomas Janeway is a British novelist and professor of literature at the University of Washington whose life is coming apart in his adopted home. He deeply loves his four-year-old son, Finn, but his wife, Beth, is caught up in the internet explosion, and the couple has grown apart. As Seattle erupts in the WTO riots and terrorist plots, Janeway's life crumbles around him. His wife leaves him, his house becomes a shambles of half-completed reconstruction, and his son is caught fighting in school. When he becomes a "person of interest" in the abduction and possible murder of a local girl, he is put on leave with pay from the university. Yet, Raban does not let Janeway or any of his characters wallow in self-pity. They all try to move forward with life, and even Janeway "the suspect" finds sympathetic allies in surprising places. At one point in the novel, Janeway lectures his students on the "generosity" of V.S. Pritchett, saying that the writer believed "in a general redistribution of verbal wealth, in taking good lines from the haves, and giving them to the have-nots." This "liberal realism" also characterizes Raban's work. Raban treats all of his characters, from Janeway to Finn, with patience and balance. He fully inhabits each and tells fragments of the story from the perspective of Beth, Tom, Finn, and even Tom's illegal-immigrant contractor, Chick. One narrative infuses another, lending the novel a Dickensian universality. Together the disparate voices perfectly capture the particulars of a place, Seattle, at a unique moment in American history. - used books, secondhand books, out of print books, hard to find books, for sale, second-hand books, college books, student books, nonfiction, first edition, signed copies, non-fiction books delivered world wide. Excess postage may be required for books over 1 kg in weight outside the EU. ISBN 0-330-41320-1 0330413201. Used: Acceptable.

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Book number: 10356

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 9780330413206

RABAN, JONATHAN

Waxwings

London, Picador, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. A clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and unclipped dust jacket. Near Fine/near fine.

The Glass KeyProfessional seller

Book number: 92824

Catalogue: Fiction

Raban, Jonathan,

Waxwings.

New York, Pantheon Books, 2003. 1st Us Edition. Hardcover., G- (See Description), G-/G- Small Tear Lower Spine. Dj Torn at Lower Rear, Creased. Pages: 282.

Vintage BooksProfessional seller

Book number: MASTER128518I

Catalogue: Literature

Raban, Jonathan,

Waxwings.

New York, Pantheon Books, 2003. 1st Us Edition. Hardcover., Vg (See Description), Vg/Vg Lightly Worn. Signed By Author. Pages: 282.

Vintage BooksProfessional seller

Book number: MASTER156068I

Catalogue: Literature

JONATHAN RABAN.

Waxwings. A novel. (SIGNED)

Picador, London, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Near Fine /Fine.

Clearwater BooksProfessional seller

Book number: DUN0054

Raban, Jonathan

Waxwings

Pantheon, 2003. Druk: first. Binding: Hardcover. 281pp. Dustjacket top has light wear, spine ends also lightly rubbed, book block is very good. In principle books are cheaper in the shop.

Le Flaneur AmsterdamProfessional seller

Book number: 14647

Catalogue: Literature - British

Keywords: Novel

Jonathan Raban

Waxwings

London, Picador, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Jonathan Raban's second novel. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author to the title page. Jonathan Raban is a British travel writer, critic, and novelist. He has received several awards, such as the National Book Critics Circle Award, The Royal Society of Literature's Heinemann Award, the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, the PEN West Creative Nonfiction Award, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award, and a 1997 Washington State Governor's Writer's Award. Since 1990 he has lived with his daughter in Seattle.In 2003, his novel Waxwings was long listed for the Man Booker Prize. In a black cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart. Very minor shelfwear to the boards. Very light edgewear to the dustwrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, and very clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: MOD3-H-11

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

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