Author: NICHOLSON, GEOFF Title: Bleeding London
Description: Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 1997. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0879518073. Illustrated by Ron Sandford. Back Cover Art; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly crisp and clean, but has some light fading / rubbing to the spine ends and corners. "Geoff J. Nicholson was born in Hillsborough, Sheffield studied English at Gonville and Caius College Cambridge, and Modern European Drama at the University of Essex. He is generally regarded as a satirist in the tradition of Evelyn Waugh, his writing also being compared favorably with that of Kinsgley and Martin Amis, Jonathan Coe, Will Self and Zadie Smith. The main themes and features of his books include leading characters with major obsessions, sexual and otherwise (guitars, Volkswagens, women's feet and shoes) , interweaving storylines and hidden subcultures and societies. His books usually contain a lot of black humour. He has also written several works of non-fiction and many short stories. His novel Bleeding London was shortlisted for the 1997 Whitbread Prize. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: 0879518073 Modern Fiction First Edition Geoff Nicholson Ron Sandford London, England City And Town Life
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