This powerful, original, and, above all, unpredictable novel pits Wilfred Barclay, a famous but failing British novelist, against Rick L. Tucker, an obscure American academic whose escape from scholarly oblivion hinges on becoming the Barclay Man: biographer, editor of the posthumous papers and the recognized authority. Barclay's slide into destructive drinking, marital failure, and middle-aged lust is alternately pandered to and documented by the indefatigable Tucker. Locked in a lethal relationship of mutual dependence, ...
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This powerful, original, and, above all, unpredictable novel pits Wilfred Barclay, a famous but failing British novelist, against Rick L. Tucker, an obscure American academic whose escape from scholarly oblivion hinges on becoming the Barclay Man: biographer, editor of the posthumous papers and the recognized authority. Barclay's slide into destructive drinking, marital failure, and middle-aged lust is alternately pandered to and documented by the indefatigable Tucker. Locked in a lethal relationship of mutual dependence, the two men totter on the brink of physical, emotional, and spiritual chasms, their hatred of each other and themselves growing as they lose their wives, their self-respect, and their illusions. Golding's deceptively comic touch heightens the stunning impact of a climax that is as inevitable as it is unexpected.
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1984. Guild. First. Fine. dj. 9x5.5. 191pp. 357g. [OBB] Written by a Nobel Prize winner, this book is ferociously powerful, unpredictable, unclassifiable and as idiosyncratic and original as anything Golding has written.
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Very Good. Very Good Jacket. Size: 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo); Published by Guild Publishing. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
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None. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. A first edition in an unclipped dust wrapper of Nobel Prize winner William Golding's penultimate novel. Most renowned for his debut novel, 'The Lord of the Flies', Sir William Golding (1911-1993) was a British novelist, awarded the Nobel Prize in LIterature in 1983 and the Booker Prize in 1980; he was also knighted in 1988. 'The Paper Men' follows Wilfred Barclay, a middle-aged writer with a drinking problem and a loveless marriage as he is hounded by a young professor keen to write his biography. Â This is a first edition, first impression. In a full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper is in excellent condition, very minor bumping to the spine. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean, with a small crease to the front endpaper. Near Fine.
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None. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. A first UK edition of this novel by Nobel Prize winning author William Golding. "Ferociously powerful, unpredictable, unclassifiable 'The Paper Men' is as idiosyncratic and original as anything William Golding has yet written." "The 1983 Nobel Prize was the final recognition of Golding's genius, the confirmation of what has already become generally accepted-that all of British novelists now writing, his work is the most likely to survive." In a black cloth binding in an unclipped dustwrapper in an acetate protective covering. Externally, smart. Dustwrapper is generally smart, lightly rubbed in places. There is some staining to the dustwrapper around the top of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine.
