Light Over Liskeard: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by de Bernieres, Louis

Paperback. Very Good.

Hardback. New. <p><b><i>Sometimes we must look to the past to survive the future.</i><br /><br />A novel about what really matters in life from the bestselling author of <i>Captain Corelli's Mandolin</i></b><br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />As life… Read More

Harvill Secker, 2023. Hardcover. New. 304 pages. 9.41x6.42x1.22 inches.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 .] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj but an oblique-angled vertical, accidental crease to fore-edge of front's inner flap. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork by N.J. Frith,illustrated dw/dj panel's 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 front's, capitalisd,black+grey-lettered title and publisher's black-lettered name andblack 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 – appears unread,apart from my own… Read More

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.… Read More