Anchor, May 2000. Trade . Good. Good Softcover. Moderate shelfwear to covers, including bent corners and plastic bubbling up. Spine has bumped ends and plastic bubbling up. Some pages creased. A few pages lightly soiled. Otherwise, pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.

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A mystery and a love story spanning five decades, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams is an epic portrait of passion and ambition, set against the beautiful, brutal landscape of Newfoundland. In this widely acclaimed novel, Johnston has created two of the most memorable characters in recent fiction: Joey Smallwood, who claws his way up from poverty to become New Foundland's first premier; and Sheilagh Fielding, who renounces her father's wealth to become a popular columnist and writer, a gifted satirist who casts a haunting shadow on Smallwood's life and career.The two meet as children at school and grow to realize that their lives are irreversibly intertwined, bound together by a secret they don't know they share. Smallwood, always on the make, torn between love of country and fear of failure, is as reluctant to trust the private truths of his heart as his rival and savior, Fielding--brilliant, hard-drinking, and unconventionally sexy. Their story ranges from small-town Newfoundland to New York City, from the harrowing ice floes of the seal hunt to the lavish drawing rooms of colonial governors, and combines erudition, comedy, and unflagging narrative brio in a manner reminiscent of John Irving and Charles Dickens. A tragicomic elegy for the "colony of unrequited dreams" that is Newfoundland, Wayne Johnston's masterful tribute to a people and a place establishes him as a novelist who is as profound as he is funny, with an impeccable sense of the intersection WHERE private lives and history collide.From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Livreiro: Jane Addams Book Shop (US)
Nº do estoque do livreiro: 272880
Título: The Colony of Unrequited Dreams: A Novel
Autor: Wayne Johnston
Formato/Encadernação: Trade
Estado do livro: Usado - Bom
Quantidade Disponível: 1
Encadernação: Brochura
ISBN 10: 0385495439
ISBN 13: 9780385495431
Editorial: Anchor
Local de publicação: New York, New York, U.s.a.
Data de publicação: May 2000
Páginas: 592

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Shelfwear: Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....

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