'For me life hasn't got dreams, success and all that damn nonsense. Life is full of shadows: some of them soft and others conceal a hammer.' Galton Flood is a lonely man, restless and ill at ease with his family. He leaves his home in Guyana's capital, Georgetown, for a remote township, and the first of a string of precarious jobs. Meeting Gemma, his landlord's daughter, appears to offer a first chance of meaningful connection - maybe even happiness. But there is a darkness inside Galton, and soon jealousy and paranoia lead ...
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'For me life hasn't got dreams, success and all that damn nonsense. Life is full of shadows: some of them soft and others conceal a hammer.' Galton Flood is a lonely man, restless and ill at ease with his family. He leaves his home in Guyana's capital, Georgetown, for a remote township, and the first of a string of precarious jobs. Meeting Gemma, his landlord's daughter, appears to offer a first chance of meaningful connection - maybe even happiness. But there is a darkness inside Galton, and soon jealousy and paranoia lead him to fatally, violently unravel. With this haunting portrait of a mind undone, celebrated Guyanese writer Roy Heath evocatively recreates the country of his youth: its rivers, townships and tenement yards, and the tensions shimmering below the surface of a community.
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The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book New York: Persea Books, 1992. First U.S. Edition. Fine/Fine. Stated First U.S. Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean yellow boards with green cloth spine, silver lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers-no names, writing or marks. 190 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Set in the author's native Guyana, this is the story of Galton Flood, a young man who grows up under enormous psychological and cultural burdens. Multi-racial conflicts, disintegrating tenements, and rain-washed waterfronts provide a haunting backdrop to Heath's novel-winner of the 1978 Guardian Fiction Prize (London).
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo Clean fresh strong bright jacket boards text. Great dark print. No remainder mark. Tiny owners name to end paper. Collectible condition.
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Very Good+ 0892551682. 8vo 8"-9" tall; 190 pages; [Uncorrected Proof] Snugly bound in publisher's plain orange, title lettered wraps. Trace fading to oarange at spine and a whisper of shelf evidence to externals. Feels and appears unread. VG++ to NF.