Allegro Postillions. First Printing. Signed and Inscribed by the Author

Keates, Jonathan

ISBN 10: 0907540368 / ISBN 13: 9780907540366

Editore: Edinburgh. The Salamander Press, 1983

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Edinburgh. The Salamander Press. 1983. Hard Cover. Demy 8vo, 8¾" x 5½" [22 x 14 cm] approx. 184 pp. Laid paper stock. Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper dated 1983 and flat signed without dedication to the title page. Dark green boards with gilt titles to the spine. Book is pristine and in fine condition. Pale green dust wrapper is unclipped at £7.95 with red and black titles to the front and spine panels. One or two marks to the front and a little soiling to the rear. Spine ends and corners are sharp. Jonathan Keates's prize-winning collection gathers together four stories of haunting and magnetic brilliance set in 19th-century Italy, a war-torn, emerging nation of secrets and enigmas, of sudden violence and muted anguish, a land where the sought-after beauties of art clash with the unavoidable truth of life as it is lived. The dust jacket will be protected with a new protective mylar sleeve which is removable. Please contact us if you would like any more information or additional images. Postage price quoted outside the UK is for a book up to 1kg using UPS. For books sent within the UK, there will be no extra charge for books up to 2kg which are sent by Royal Mail. Postage quoted in the UK is the actual cost (£3.45). All books are sent in protective packing and custom book box. If your book is intended as a gift, please let us know and we will gift wrap it free of charge with a card and any message.

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• Titolo: Allegro Postillions. First Printing. Signed and Inscribed by the Author
• Editore: Edinburgh. The Salamander Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1983
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0907540368
• ISBN 13: 9780907540366
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Edizione: 1st Edition
• Condizione: Fine
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Very Good
• Firmato: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Massacre and revolution in the mountains of Calabria, passion and betrayal in a Venetian opera house, a web of baffled desire spun during a summer in Verona, a world where exile kills more swiftly than death itself, where innocence becomes a lethal weapon, where lies are saving graces - this is the brittle, bizarre and menacing background to Allegro Postillions. Jonathan Keates's prize-winning collection gathers together four stories of haunting and magnetic brilliance set in 19th-century Italy, a war-torn, emerging nation of secrets and enigmas, of sudden violence and muted anguish, a land where the sought-after beauties of art clash with the unavoidable truth of life as it is lived. 'Keates's florid tales of revolution and love, passion and exile, innocence and death create a highly charged atmosphere ... an exciting, adventurous book.' Sunday Times 'A dream object ... pre-eminently, wonderfully solid and [it] has the aura of palpable accomplishment ... a virtuoso performance.' Literary Review 'Morn Advancing ... alone justifies this book, and leaves an imprint on the memory like a Breughel landscape.' Times Literary Supplement 'Clever and extremely stylish.' Daily Telegraph