Mister Sandman

Second Printing before publication. 8vo. Pp. [xii], 268, [2]. Quarter-bound black linen over sandy brown stippled paper boards, stamped in gilt to spine. Jacket design by Louise Fili with an illustration by Blair Drawson.

Signed by Author to title-page.

Gowdy's fourth book and third novel. Margaret Atwood's choice as 'Book of the Year' in the Times Literary Supplement. Nominated for both the 1995 Giller Prize and the Governor General's Award for Fiction. A surreal take on the nuclear family unit, revolving around an autistic girl with a savant's talent for playing the piano. "One of the strangest – and most heartwarming – paeans to family ties you'll ever read. A+." –Entertainment Weekly