New York: Bloomsbury, (2001). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel described as "the most disastrous family reunion in the history of fiction. The Drummond family descends upon the state of Florida, cutting a swath through Disney World, Cape Canaveral, the swamps and the highways, gathering to watch the launch into space of their beloved daughter and sister, Sarah. What should be a cause for celebration becomes instead the impetus for a series of mishaps and coincidences that place them in constant peril." SIGNED on the title page. Ribbon marker bound in. 279 pp. ISBN: 1-582341656.
Edition: First US printing and first hardcover edition.
New York: Arcade Publishing, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - His second novel, following the Booker Prize and Whitbread Award finalist debut novel 'The Restraint of Beasts' (which Thomas Pynchon called it "A demented deadpan-comic wonder.") From the front flap: "Told with insidiously beguiling deadpan charm [this is] the story of a hapless odd-jobber - our narrator - watching the dregs of summer run out in a campground in England's Lake District, and waiting to set off for the East. Quiet, unassuming, hardworking, he doesn't seem like the adventurous type, but traveling to the Orient has always been his dream - something to think about when you're eating beans out of a can and staring at the campfire. When…
New York: Arcade Publishing, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - His second novel, following the Booker Prize and Whitbread Award finalist debut novel 'The Restraint of Beasts' (which Thomas Pynchon called it "A demented deadpan-comic wonder.") From the front flap: "Told with insidiously beguiling deadpan charm [this is] the story of a hapless odd-jobber - our narrator - watching the dregs of summer run out in a campground in England's Lake District, and waiting to set off for the East. Quiet, unassuming, hardworking, he doesn't seem like the adventurous type, but traveling to the Orient has always been his dream - something to think about when you're eating beans out of a can and staring at the campfire. When the owner of the campground offers him a small painting job, our hero thinks it would be rude to refuse." 211 pp. ISBN: 1559704950.
New York: Arcade Publishing, (1999.). First edition - His second novel, following the Booker Prize and Whitbread Award finalist debut novel 'The Restraint of Beasts' (which Thomas Pynchon called it "A demented deadpan-comic wonder.") "Told with insidiously beguiling deadpan charm [this is] the story of a hapless odd-jobber - our narrator - watching the dregs of summer run out in a campground in England's Lake District, and waiting to set off for the East. Quiet, unassuming, hardworking, he doesn't seem like the adventurous type, but traveling to the Orient has always been his dream - something to think about when you're eating beans out of a can and staring at the campfire. When the owner of the campground offers…
New York: Arcade Publishing, (1999.). First edition - His second novel, following the Booker Prize and Whitbread Award finalist debut novel 'The Restraint of Beasts' (which Thomas Pynchon called it "A demented deadpan-comic wonder.") "Told with insidiously beguiling deadpan charm [this is] the story of a hapless odd-jobber - our narrator - watching the dregs of summer run out in a campground in England's Lake District, and waiting to set off for the East. Quiet, unassuming, hardworking, he doesn't seem like the adventurous type, but traveling to the Orient has always been his dream - something to think about when you're eating beans out of a can and staring at the campfire. When the owner of the campground offers him a small painting job, our hero thinks it would be rude to refuse." 228 pp.
ALL FAMILIES ARE PSYCHOTIC.
ALL QUIET ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS.
ALL QUIET ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS.
