London: Faber, 1986

8vo, pp. 206. Original black boards, lettered in gilt on spine. The usual age-toning to margins, otherwise a fine, unread copy in a near fine, very lightly edgeworn dustwrapper.

First edition, second issue (printed by Richard Clay). Winner of the Whitbread Prize, and shortlisted for the Booker.

A superior copy of an increasingly scarce book.