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Buy this book on-line THOMPSON**, E[rnest] V[ictor]: : BEN RETALLICK. [Author SIGNED copy.**]LONDON.MACMILLAN,1980. ISBN 0333306112.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.
NFINE/VG++.No owner inscrptn,but author inscribed,in blue ink:'With best wishes E.V. Thompson' to title-page,no price-clip
to dw/dj.Bright, crisp, clean, glossy laminated wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Tony Mazero,illustrated dw/dj, with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to
edges - no major nicks or tears present.
Spine/backstrip is lightly sunned/faded - as usual/normal - miniscule chipping top+
bottom edges.Top+fore-edges very,very lightly aged but clean,contents bright, tight and clean also - no dog-ear creases to pages' corners.Bright,clean, publisher's original,sage green cloth bds with bright,stamped gilt letters to spine/
backstrip and near immaculate,plain white eps.8vo,7-400pp [paginated] +half-title+
title pages,b/w map of Cornwall and 41 chapters.
After the enormous success of his first novel,'Chase the Wind',E.V.Thompson now returns to Cornwall in 1818,and to the Retallick family.Josh Retallick was the hero of 'Chase the Wind'.It is the story of Josh's father, Ben Retallick, that is told here.
Once again the author weaves the story-teller's business of 'love and death' into
a complex narrative embracing many characters,their triumphs and tragedies.
These dramatic events are built round the growth of the boy Ben to manhood, through love and suffering.They are set mainly within the hardy and embattled communities
of the miners and fishermen of Cornwall at the beginning of the nineteenth century.This was a period when these men and their women had to contend not only with a harsh environment,a battle for day-to-day existence,but also with ruthless exploitation from those more fortunate. The lives of the Cornish artisans of this period are vividly and violently depicted;
among those who prey on them are individuals of quite spectacular greed, cynicism and ruthlessness.
In this panorama of turmoil the love between Ben and Jesse Henna supplies a continuing and developing theme that culminates in a shocking blend of happiness and horror.
E.V. Thompson has written a moving and passionate novel,a companion to 'Chase the Wind'.Author's 4th novel and second in the Retallick saga.An uncommon and scarce title from this series, particularly SIGNED,and in this condition.
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