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MANKELL**, HENNING: : The Shadow Girls. [Translated from the Swedish by Ebba Segerberg.]

LONDON.HARVILL SECKER,2012.

ISBN 9781843430599.

UK,8vo HB+dw.dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around montage'd monochrome (with minimal colour tint) photographic illustrated dw/dj with author’s capitalised,glossy,black-lettered name and capitalised,glossy,mauve/lilac lettered title to front of dw/dj.Spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author name and title as the front's and publisher’s black-lettered name and black illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with story's black-lettered prose extract and 3 critics’ lilac-lettered reviews/praise for a previous 'non-Wallander' title. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without ageing/toning or foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound – virtually pristine with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages’ corners, appears unread other than my own collation. Publisher’s bright,crisp,clean/unblemished, sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt-lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain black endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-329pp [paginated] includes 19 chapters and author's Afterword; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and a title separator page.                           Visually,the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it’s 10+ year-old age.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for it’s brightnesss, cleanliness and lack of age-acquired detracting faults. Jesper Humlin is a poet of middling acclaim who is saddled by his underwhelming book sales, an exasperated girlfriend, a demanding mother, and a rapidly fading tan.His boy-wonder stockbroker has squandered Humlin’s investments, and his editor, who says he must write a crime novel to survive, begins to pitch and promote the nonexistent book despite Humlin’s emphatic refusals.Then, when he travels to Gothenburg to give a reading, he finds himself thrust into an entirely different world, where names shift, stories overlap, and histories are both deeply secret and in profound need of retelling.   Leyla from Iran, Tanya from Russia, and Tea-Bag, who is from Africa but claims to be from Kurdistan (because Kurds might receive preferential treatment as refugees) — these are the shadow girls who become Humlin’s unlikely pupils in impromptu writing workshops. Though he had imagined their stories as fodder for his own book, soon their intertwining lives require him to play a much different role.   Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct,[insured or uninsured at own risk,] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples.                       N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE.                    ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US 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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