Last Orders
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First American Edition, First Print. Hardcover boards. Fine / Complete dust jacket in Fine condition and protected in archival cover. Item #5370
ISBN: 9780679412243
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Both book and complete dust jacket appear As New/Fine and show only the faintest signs of shelf wear. First American edition signed by the author across the title page.
Praised by fellow writer Richard Ford, Graham Swift released “Last Orders” in 1996, sharing that year in publication with Candance Bushnell’s “Sex and the City,” Helen Fielding’s “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” George R. R. Martin’s “A Game of Thrones,” and Chuck Palahniuk’s “Fight Club.”
Terrell L. Tebbets’ 2010 essay for “The Faulkner Journal” explores Swift’s use of Faulkner’s “As I Lay Dying” as a model for “Last Orders.” Swift’s idea was to engage Faulkner’s “As I Lay Dying” in an “open dialogue” through his novel. “Last Orders” won the 1996 Booker Prize, but not without some controversy, as some essayists at the time argued that Swift’s novel too closely resembled the Faulkner classic.
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