London, England: Secker and Warburg, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good. 170 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by the English author Jim Crace (1946-) and inscribed by him on the title page to Greg Gatenby- Canadian writer and founder of the International Festival of Authors. With Gatenby's signature on the half title. Gatenby was responsible for inviting Crace to participate in the Toronto festival. Spine extremities and corners bumped. Light surface wear to price-clipped dust jacket. A very nice signed copy with a literary association.

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Jim Crace is the author of eight previous novels. Being Dead was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize and won the prestigious National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction in 2000. In 1997, Quarantine was named the Whitbread Novel of the Year and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Crace has also received the Whitbread First Novel Award, the E.M. Foster Award, and the Guardian Award. He lives in Birmingham, England with his wife and two children.

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On Sep 17 2011, 1979pegasus said:

Set in an almost sing-song type, this book was not one that I would recommend to anyone. I have to read a book through to the end once I start it. This one was torture to finish. It was never clear from one paragraph to the next who the narrator was...sometimes first person, another times 3rd person.

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Bookseller: Come By Chance Books (IOBA) (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 6503
Title: The Gift of Stones (SIGNED)
Author: Jim Crace
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0436112825
ISBN 13: 9780436112829
Publisher: Secker and Warburg
Place of Publication: London, England
Date Published: 1988
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction;

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