Fugue for a Darkening Island

Awards:   Short-listed for John W Campbell Award 1973 (UK) Shortlisted for John W Campbell Award 1973.
Author:   Christopher Priest
Publisher:   Orion Publishing Co
ISBN:  

9780575098206


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   09 June 2011
Format:   Paperback
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Fugue for a Darkening Island


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Awards

  • Short-listed for John W Campbell Award 1973 (UK)
  • Shortlisted for John W Campbell Award 1973.

Overview

Survivors of a terrible African war flee their blighted continent and look for refuge in the countries of the West. But Britain is falling into civil war and anarchy. One of Christopher Priest's earliest novels, FUGUE FOR A DARKENING ISLAND is a powerful work whose subject matter has become increasingly relevant in recent years.

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Author:   Christopher Priest
Publisher:   Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:   Gollancz
Dimensions:   Width: 12.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 19.60cm
Weight:   0.187kg
ISBN:  

9780575098206


ISBN 10:   0575098201
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   09 June 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us.

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it is startling how relevant this 40 year-old novel is, even today ... His prose is finely honed, his grasp of structure and tone a thing of darkly sparkling beauty, redolent of an elegance, a grace STARBURST MAGAZINE


it is startling how relevant this 40 year-old novel is, even today ... His prose is finely honed, his grasp of structure and tone a thing of darkly sparkling beauty, redolent of an elegance, a grace * STARBURST MAGAZINE *


'it is startling how relevant this 40 year-old novel is, even today ... His prose is finely honed, his grasp of structure and tone a thing of darkly sparkling beauty, redolent of an elegance, a grace' STARBURST MAGAZINE


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Author Website:   www.christopher-priest.co.uk

Christopher Priest's novels have built him an inimitable dual reputation as a contemporary novelist and a leading figure in modern SF and fantasy. His novel THE PRESTIGE is unique in winning both a major literary prize (The James Tait Black Award and a major genre prize The World Fantasy Award); THE SEPARATION won both the Arthur C Clarke and the British Science Fiction Awards. He was selected for the original Best of Young British Novelists in 1983.

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Author Website:   www.christopher-priest.co.uk

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