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COMING THROUGH SLAUGHTER
by ONDAATJE, Michael
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Marion Boyars, (1979). First British Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Ondaatje's first novel, an account set in New Orleans of the life of Buddy Bolden, jazz trumpeter. Issued three years after the American and Canadian editions.
Synopsis
Coming Through Slaughter is a novel by Michael Ondaatje, published by House of Anansi in 1976. It was the winner of the 1976 Books in Canada First Novel Award. The novel is a fictionalised version of the life of the New Orleans jazz pioneer Buddy Bolden. It covers the last months of Bolden's sanity in 1907, as his music becomes more radical and his behaviour more erratic. A secondary character in the story is the photographer E. J. Bellocq.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003496
- Title
- COMING THROUGH SLAUGHTER
- Author
- ONDAATJE, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First British Edition
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1979)
- Keywords
- Modern First Editions, Jazz Fiction, Canadian Literature, First Book, Buddy Bolden, New Orleans, Modern Firsts, Michael Ondaatje
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Book; Canadian Literature; Jazz Fiction;
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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