The Tesseract

Proof Copy. 8vo. Pp. [vi], 216, [2 (blank)]. Red card covers, printed in black and white. Author's Note.

Signed by Garland to title page. With RSVP to Penguin's 1998 Autumn authors' party and accompanying bumf laid in. As is wont with this title, the wrappers have become detached from the textblock, due to poor-quality glue used; else Fine.

His second novel. An intricately woven chase thriller set over three nocturnal hours in the slums of Manila, and triggered by a fatal misunderstanding. Basis for the 2003 film directed by Oxide Pang (a.k.a. the Pang Brothers), and starring Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and Saskia Reeves. "[A]ll but flawless, a tour de force of brilliant narration and psychological acuity." –The Washington Post