The Autograph Man
by SMITH, Zadie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
"The novel is a pleasure from the first page to the last" David Sexton, EVENING STANDARDAlex-Li Tandem sells autographs. A small blip in a huge worldwide network of desire, it is his business to hunt for names on paper, collect them, sell them,occasionally fake them, and all to give the people what they want: a little piece of Fame.THE AUTOGRAPH MAN is a deeply funny, existential tour around the hollow things of modernity — celebrity, cinema, and the ugly triumph of symbol over experience. Pushing against the tide of his generation, Alex-Li is on his way to finding enlightenment, otherwise known as some part of himself that cannot be signed, celebrated or sold.
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- Bookseller
- Neil Pearson Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1382
- Title
- The Autograph Man
- Author
- SMITH, Zadie
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Hamish Hamilton, 2002
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Modern First Editions
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