First edition. 8vo. Pp. 239, [1 (blank)]. Black cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Jacket photograph by Marcus Wilson-Smith (priced £8.95 net to front flap).
Signed by Author to title page. Some age toning throughout, else Fine.
Author's second novel. A 'dark comedy of survival' intertwining three seemingly unrelated storylines which coalesce by the book's end. Ranked amongst "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945" by The Times in 2008. "The author's powerful imagination is displayed here every bit as vividly as in his debut" –Financial Times