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London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury. Hardback Oryx and Crake.Margaret Atwood, Pigs might not fly but they are strangely altered. So, for that matter, are wolves and racoons. A man, once named Jimmy, lives in a tree, wrapped in old bedsheets, now calls himself Snowman. The voice of Oryx, the woman he loved, teasingly haunts him. And the green-eyed Children of Crake are, for some reason, his responsibility. 'In Jimmy, Atwood has created a great character: a tragic-comic artist of the future, part buffoon, part Orpheus. An adman who's a sad man; a jealous lover who's in perpetual mourning; a fantasist who can only remember the past' - Independent 'Gripping and remarkably imagined' Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2003, this gripping and remarkable futuristic novel is set in a world which is devastated in the wake of ecological and scientific disaster. Review and feature coverage across national press. "Atwood at her best - dark, dry, scabrously witty, yet moving and studded with flashes of pure poetry" "Independent"(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 2003.

First Edition: Green decorative bds., 155 x 240 mm., 800 grms., 378 pp., attached green silk page-marker, original dw., unclipped, VG/Fine copy.

Hardcover with dustjacket. Paper yellowed. Light wear. Very good/fine. First edition/printing. Full number line. 378 pp

8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 0747562598 first impression, Price clippped, brown pages.

First edition. First printing. 400pp. Some tanning to text block and bumps to spine. A lovely copy. OVERSEAS ORDERS MAY INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING.

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Hardback Oryx and Crake.Margaret Atwood, Pigs might not fly but they are strangely altered. So, for that matter, are wolves and racoons. A man, once named Jimmy, lives in a tree, wrapped in old bedsheets, now calls himself Snowman. The voice of Oryx, the woman he loved, teasingly haunts him. And the green-eyed Children of Crake are, for some reason, his responsibility. 'In Jimmy, Atwood has created a great character: a tragic-comic artist of the future, part buffoon, part Orpheus. An adman who's a sad man; a jealous lover who's in perpetual mourning; a fantasist who can only remember the past' - Independent 'Gripping and remarkably imagined' Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2003, this gripping and remarkable futuristic novel is set in a world which is devastated in the wake of ecological and scientific disaster. Review and feature coverage across national press. "Atwood at her best - dark, dry, scabrously witty, yet moving and studded with flashes of pure poetry" "Independent"(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.)

Pictorial green boards. The publisher's silk bookmark is bound in. With the complete number line. There are bumps to the spine ends. There is a bump to the lower page fore edges that affects ten pages. The dust jacket has only very minor wear. Without chips or tears. Not price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 400 pages

First published in Great Britain in 2003 stated with complete number line. 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 Book; binding tight, boards straight and clean; minor bump to top corner with modest soiling and toning to edges else text free of marks, appears barely read. Dust jacket (L16.99) has mild bumping to top and bottom edges. Color sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.