Even the Dogs Jon McGregor Bloomsbury, London, 2010 This is the back cover blurb for Even the Dogs: “On a still and frozen day between Christmas and New Year, a man’s body is found lying in his ruined flat. Found, and then taken away, examined, investigated and cremated. As the state begins its detailed, dispassionate [...]
Out Stealing Horses Per Petterson Graywolf Press, U.S.A. 2007 Out Stealing Horses won two major Norwegian Prizes before Anne Born’s English translation won the 2006 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the 2007 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. It was named by the New York Times as one of the top ten books of 2007. Although [...]
De Niro’s Game Rawi Hage House of Anansi Press, Canada, 2006 Canadian author Rawi Hage was unable to get this debut novel published by any of the big houses. It was picked up instead by Canada’s small but prestigious House of Anansi Press. It went on to win the 2008 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the world’s [...]
The Twin Gerbrand Bakker Archipelago Books, Brooklyn, 2008 The Twin made Gerbrand Bakker the first Dutch writer to win the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2010. When it first came out in Holland, it was awarded the Golden Dog-Ear Award for the best selling literary debut. It is a story of a man, Helmer, who [...]
Out Stealing Horses (true first edition) Per Petterson Harvill Secker, London, 2005 This ex-library book is the rare true first edition of the book that propelled Petterson into the international literary limelight. It won the Norwegian Booksellers prize, and the English translation won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the IMPAC Award. It was also [...]
The Master Colm Toibin Picador, U.K. 2004 Colm Toibin, one of Ireland’s greatest writers, one of the greatest gay writers anywhere, won many awards for this brilliant novel about five prolific years in the life of writer Henry James, including the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Lambda Literary Award, The Los Angeles Times Book [...]
Anil’s Ghost Michael Ondaatje Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2000 This is a signed first U.S. edition of Anil’s Ghost in fine/fine condition. The true first edition is the Canadian McClelland and Stewart first printing. In this novel, Anil Tissera, studying forensic anthropology in the States, returns to Sri Lanka to work for the U.N. [...]
Out Stealing Horses Per Petterson Harvill Press, U.K. 2005 I bought this fourth printing as a reading copy from a local independent bookstore. When I got home to check on-line, however, I saw that there were no first printings available. As a matter of fact, the lowest print number I could find was 4. Since early [...]