LIGHT OVER LISKEARD. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] NMINT/NMINT. Wrapped+protected from day of issue/purchase,so NO owner inscrptn and NO price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,5-colour [b/w,grey,yellow and blue] pictorial artwork illustration by N.J. Frith,illustrated dw/dj panels,with author's black-lettered name and capitalised yellow+black lettered title to front of dw/dj; a yellow spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author name as the front's,capitalisd,black+grey-lettered title and publisher's black-lettered name and black illustrated colophon respectively,to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with continuation of colour illustration with critics' white+yellow lettered reviews. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright crisp,clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – unread,apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain paper-covered boards with white blocked lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,IX-XIpp+1- 281pp [paginated] includes a Contents list/table,59 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title +title pages,a dedication,an epigram,a b/w sports team photograph,an About the Author page and to the rear,6pp blanks.
Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and even internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the fault described that prevents a slightly higher grading. Despite that,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of other detracting faults. Q wants a simpler and safer life. His work as a quantum cryptographer for the government has led him to believe a crisis is imminent for civilisation and he's looking for somewhere to ride out what's ahead. He buys a ruined farmhouse in Cornwall and begins to build his own self-sufficient haven. Over the course of this quest he meets the eccentric characters who already live on the moors nearby - including the park ranger in charge of the reintroduced lynxes and aurochs that roam the area; a holy man waiting for the second coming on top of a nearby hill; an Arthurian knight on horseback and the amorous ghost of an Edwardian woman who haunts the farmhouse.
As life in the cities gets more complicated, and our systems of electronic control begin to fall apart, Q flourishes in the wild Cornish countryside. His new way of life brings him back in tune with his teenage children, his ex-wife, and his own sense of who he is. He also grows close to Eva, energetic and enchanting, who is committed to her own quest for love and meaning. In this entertaining and heart-warming novel Louis de Berni res pokes fun at modern mores, and makes us reconsider what is really precious in our short and precarious lives.
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