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Drabble, Margaret : The Dark Flood Rises

Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 2017

ISBN 9780374134952

Fine copy in fine dust jacket, 8vo, 327 pp.

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DRABBLE**, MARGARET: : THE DARK FLOOD RISES

SCOTLAND.EDINBURGH.CANONGATE BOOKS LTD.,2016.

ISBN 9781782118305.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.]. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around cover colour pictorial artwork of: Dam Devil Damask by Paul Simmons illustrated dw/dj with author's capitalised, embellished gilt-lettered name and capitalised,gilt-lettered title to front of dw/dj; vertical black band to spine/backstrip with bright,crisp,capitalised, blocked gilt-lettered author name and title and publisher's blocked,gilt colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with continuation of front's illstration with a black-lettered synopsis and 2 critics' grey+black lettered reviews transposed to a space in the illustration.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges bright crisp and clean without blemish,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 and clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt capitalised lettering to spine/backstrip,and immaculate grey repeated front's design detail illustrated endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-326pp [paginated] includes no chapters - continuous story and an Envoi with Acknowledgements to it's verso; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,epigram's page: poetry extracts D.H. Lawrence,'The Ship of Death' and W.B. Yeats,'The Wheel',and to the rear,2pp blanks.   Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and  particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. The author's 19th novel.                        The title of the book is a quotation from a poem,'The Ship of Death' by D.H. Lawrence about mortality: “Piecemeal the body dies,and the timid soul/has her footing washed away,as the dark flood rises.”                Fran may be old but she's not going without a fight. So she dyes her hair,enjoys every glass of red wine,drives around the country for her job with a housing charity and lives in an insalubrious tower block that her loved ones disapprove of. And as each of them - her pampered ex Claude,old friend Jo,flamboyant son Christopher and earnest daughter Poppet - seeks happiness in their own way,what will the last reckoning be? Will they be waving or drowning when the end comes? By turns joyous and profound,darkly sardonic and moving,'The Dark Flood Rises' questions what makes a good life,and a good death. This triumphant,bravura novel takes in love,death, sun-drenched islands,poetry,Maria Callas,tidal waves,surprise endings - and new beginnings.   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. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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