Burn, Gordon - VERY RARE SIGNED FIRST PRINTING:Happy Like Murderers - Superb Damien Hirst Cover - Filmed As 'Appropriate Adult'
- signed or inscribed book 1998, ISBN: 0571195466
Hardcover, First edition
[EAN: 9780571195466], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Faber London], CRIME AND CRIMINALS_BIOGRAPHY MURDER_GREAT BRITAIN, True Crime|Murder|General, Jacket, Grotesque but brilliant stu… More...
[EAN: 9780571195466], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Faber London], CRIME AND CRIMINALS_BIOGRAPHY MURDER_GREAT BRITAIN, True Crime|Murder|General, Jacket, Grotesque but brilliant study of Fred West and his even more repulsive wife. Between them they raped, tortured and murdered a still unknown number of people. It cannot avoid being a dreadful tale because of its subject, but it is also this very fine writer's best book. This copy has been read, and the pages are tanning because the publisher used poor quality paper, but this copy also has the supreme distinction of being signed on the title page. The stunning wraparound jacket, famously created by Damien Hirst, is protected. 'To Steve, with all best wishes, Gordon Burn' it says, and that makes this a RARE copy of a great book. With great interest newly awakened by the tremendous dramatisation on television, 'Appropriate Adult', with Dominic West and Emily Watson, this signed copy is now much sought after. Gordon Burn examined the contemporary obsession with celebrity in a series of books spanning three decades, including this extraordinary account of Fred and Rosemary West. He also wrote a Whitbread award-wininng novel which imagined an alternative life for the British singer Alma Cogan. His editor, commenting after Gordon Burn's early death, hailed Burn's work as "far ahead of the rest of the literary world", and lamented the loss of "one of the great literary innovators of these times. Gordon's subject of choice was often trauma, spectacle and dysfunction. He was drawn to the dark side of celebrity. His literature and impulse always represented to me an attempt to find comfort, meaning and compassion in the most appalling or baffling of events." A VERY RARE SIGNATURE, and a very brilliant book. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng, Books<
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Burn, Gordon - VERY RARE SIGNED FIRST PRINTING:Happy Like Murderers - Superb Damien Hirst Cover - Filmed As 'Appropriate Adult'
- signed or inscribed book 1998, ISBN: 9780571195466
Hardcover, First edition
Faber London, 1998 Grotesque but brilliant study of Fred West and his even more repulsive wife. Between them they raped, tortured and murdered a still unknown number of people. It cannot … More...
Faber London, 1998 Grotesque but brilliant study of Fred West and his even more repulsive wife. Between them they raped, tortured and murdered a still unknown number of people. It cannot avoid being a dreadful tale because of its subject, but it is also this very fine writer's best book. This copy has been read, and the pages are tanning because the publisher used poor quality paper, but this copy also has the supreme distinction of being signed on the title page. The stunning wraparound jacket, famously created by Damien Hirst, is protected. 'To Steve, with all best wishes, Gordon Burn' it says, and that makes this a RARE copy of a great book. With great interest newly awakened by the tremendous dramatisation on television, 'Appropriate Adult', with Dominic West and Emily Watson, this signed copy is now much sought after. Gordon Burn examined the contemporary obsession with celebrity in a series of books spanning three decades, including this extraordinary account of Fred and Rosemary West. He also wrote a Whitbread award-wininng novel which imagined an alternative life for the British singer Alma Cogan. His editor, commenting after Gordon Burn's early death, hailed Burn's work as "far ahead of the rest of the literary world", and lamented the loss of "one of the great literary innovators of these times. Gordon's subject of choice was often trauma, spectacle and dysfunction. He was drawn to the dark side of celebrity. His literature and impulse always represented to me an attempt to find comfort, meaning and compassion in the most appalling or baffling of events." A VERY RARE SIGNATURE, and a very brilliant book. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included., Faber London, 1998, 3<
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Burn, Gordon:Happy Like Murderers
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New York: Women's Wear Daily. 2006. Magazine. Very Good with no dust jacket; Kate Bosworth On Cover. Articles inside include Chanel and Dior Cruise Wear, Georg Jensen, Barton Quillen… More...
New York: Women's Wear Daily. 2006. Magazine. Very Good with no dust jacket; Kate Bosworth On Cover. Articles inside include Chanel and Dior Cruise Wear, Georg Jensen, Barton Quillen, Laura Heon, Naomi Campbell, Damien Hirst, Kentucky Power Couple Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson, Kate Bosworth, Surfing in Style, Fashion, and more. Filled with great fashion photographs and advertising. Magazine is complete and in very good condition, slight wear at edges. ; Color Photographs; 128 pages ., Women's Wear Daily, 2006, London: Faber and Faber,1998 0571195466. First edition. First Printing. Complete numberline. Near Fine/Near Fine. DW is not price clipped and has a cover image by the artist Damien Hirst who was a friend of the late author. No inscriptions or annotations. "Grotesque but brilliant study of Fred West and his even more repulsive wife. Between them they raped, tortured and murdered a still unknown number of people. It cannot avoid being a dreadful tale because of its subject, but it is also this very fine writer's best book." Interest in the book has been newly awakened by the powerful dramatisation on television, 'Appropriate Adult', with Dominic West and Emily Watson both of whom received BAFTA awards for their performances. "Burn gained unprecedented access to case files and West family histories to weave the back stories of the murderers, the murdered and the survivors into a flawlessly crafted and non-judgmental book that once read is never forgotten." ., London: Faber and Faber,1998 0571195466<
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London: Faber and Faber,1998 0571195466. First edition. First Printing. Complete numberline. Near Fine/Near Fine. DW is not price clipped and has a cover image by the artist Damien Hirst who was a friend of the late author. No inscriptions or annotations. "Grotesque but brilliant study of Fred West and his even more repulsive wife. Between them they raped, tortured and murdered a still unknown number of people. It cannot avoid being a dreadful tale because of its subject, but it is also this very fine writer's best book." Interest in the book has been newly awakened by the powerful dramatisation on television, 'Appropriate Adult', with Dominic West and Emily Watson both of whom received BAFTA awards for their performances. "Burn gained unprecedented access to case files and West family histories to weave the back stories of the murderers, the murdered and the survivors into a flawlessly crafted and non-judgmental book that once read is never forgotten." ., London: Faber and Faber,1998 0571195466, 0<
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