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MOZLEY, FIONA: : HOT STEW. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.JOHN MURRAY (PUBLISHERS),2021.

ISBN 9781529372564.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn but a price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around matt,white background with montage'd b/w+ pink decorated illustration by Stephen Jenkins, illustrated dw/dj with capitalised,pink-lettered title,capitalised,black-lettered author name and a critic's other pink+black lettered review along with capitalised,pink-lettered Booker Shortlisted Author of 'Elmet' credit - all to front of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+ author name as the front's and publisher's capitalised,black-lettered initials to foot of same,pink+white illustration and critics' (3) black+pink lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges overall bright, crisp,clean with a tiny speck to fore-edge - but no foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread, apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered, original plain pale grey cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked black lettering to spine/ backstrip,and immaculate repeated pink +white illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3- 311pp [paginated] includes 4 individual sections: Midsummer's Day, The End of September, The Shortest Day/The Longest Night,and Spring; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED - without dedication - special tipped-in title page,a title page,a dedication,individual section separator pages,and at rear, Acknowledgements. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults and a collectable SIGNED example. Fiona Mozley (b. 1988) is an English novelist and medievalist.Her debut novel.'Elmet',was shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker prize This is the follow-up to that bestselling 2017 Booker-shortlisted debut.                        The story unfolds in a Soho brothel whose existence is threatened by developers seeking to drive out the last denizens of the once grimy and lubricious surrounding alleyways. The development company is led by Agatha Howard, a representation of the rampant capitalist,but who hasn't reckoned on the depth of feeling and the hidden networks of solidarity that runs between the inhabitants of old Soho. Centring around a couple – Precious, a sex worker, and Tabitha, recently retired from the trade – both of them leading the resistance against the developers. They live in a garret above the brothel where Precious works, which is run on enlightened and feminist lines. There are no pimps, the pay is fair, and a deep spirit of community presides among the inhabitants of the rickety old building, from the drug- and drink-addled basement-dwellers to the sex workers and to the punters who pass through the upper floors. The book hurtles toward a final clash of worlds.This is not just about Soho, it's about how money strips the heart from cities, and how we have to cherish what little grime and seediness remains, before it's lost to the plate glass and brushed steel of the developers.        Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!          N.B. ALL buyers please note, stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.    ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

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