Julie Myerson OUT OF BREATH First Edition Signed
roll over the image to zoom in
Julie Myerson OUT OF BREATH First Edition Signed
First edition, first print hardback of OUT OF BREATH by Julie Myerson and published by Jonathan Cape, London in 2008. Signed and inscribed by Myerson on the title page. With full numberline 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 on the copyright page.The book is in very good condition (Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine) with minor wear to the pictorial dust jacket, which is not price clipped (light creasing to the edges). Internally, the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears and no other inscriptions.
Julie Myerson is an English author and critic. As well as writing both fiction and non-fiction books, she is also known for having written a long-running column in The Guardian entitled "Living with Teenagers" based on her own family experiences.
She has also appeared regularly as a panellist on the arts programme Newsnight Review. She is the author of the novels Sleepwalking, The Touch, Me and the Fat Man, Laura Blundy, Something Might Happen and The Story of You, Out of Breath (2009) and Then (2010); and the non-fiction book, Home: The Story of Everyone Who Ever Lived in Our House.
"It's the summer holidays. And suddenly there's a strange boy at the bottom of Flynn's garden. Soon, she and her wayward brother Sam are walking out of the house in the middle of a hot summer's night and crossing four fields to find him again.
But as well as the boy, Flynn and Sam find a whole gang of runaway kids. There's Diana, who's just had a baby. There's Mouse, who's only five and likes to set fire to things. And there is the boy himself, who stirs up feelings in Flynn that she's never felt before.
But there's also someone else the unspeakably malign and terrifying presence they're all running from. Escaping him, they stumble on an amazing and extraordinary house by a waterfall, a house which seems to offer safety and meets their every desire and need or does it?
The youngest character in the novel is one day old, and the oldest only seventeen. But the themes that lie at the heart of this ferociously original story are as adult, unsettling and universal as those of Julie Myerson's other novels."
'A brilliant, deeply unsettling thriller which promises to be among the best reads of this year' - Daily Mail
'A weird, beautiful scary slice of British magic realism' - Herald
'Fans of Julie Myerson will adore this, the latest edition to Myerson's very own sub-genre within the broader class of 'novels of the uncanny' - Financial Times
'A beguiling story' - Independent on Sunday
295 pages.
ISBN: 9780224081764
We use industry standard packaging
Please refer to the statement of delivery below:
Items are sent promptly and well packed
Please do check our other listings
* Combined postage if more than one item is purchased
Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.
£0.00
£8.99
Earn24
reward points
reward points
Send this to a friend
Julie Myerson OUT OF BREATH First Edition Signed