THE GONE AWAY WORLD
New York: Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi Books, 2008. First American Edition. Textured cloth. Thick 4to (9 1/2" x 6 1/2"), bright green backstrip with two-tone lettering (one being pink "velveteen") and pink "velveteen" cloth with author's name in bright green stencils over a pale black title as shadow, 497, [498] pages + [2] blank + [2] Acknowledgements + [2] About the Author & A Note on the Type. 1 lb. 12 oz. Fine / None. Item #5988
ISBN: 9780307268860
Nick Harkaway (born 1972) is a British novelist and commentator. He is the author of the novels The Gone-Away World (his debut), Angelmaker, Tigerman, and Gnomon; and a non-fiction study of the digital world, The Blind Giant: Being Human in a Digital World.
The Gone Away World, the author's debut science fiction novel, deals with ex-special operatives who have been crippled by the 'Go-Away [nuclear] War," who are now living in a post-apocalyptic world where they struggle with "The Stuff."
SUPERIOR CONDITION: tight, bright, clean copy in a remarkably Fine "velveteen" cover. No remainder marks.
Price: $35.00