Ottawa in the seventies is a field of dreams: a developing city, ripe for the taking. Two men, from different ends of society, see the opportunities: Jerry McGuinty, plasterer-turned-builder, a simple, self-made man, and Simon Struthers, whose inherited wealth and position cannot fill the hollowness inside. As their careers and successes run in parallel - Jerry with his new Irish wife, Kathleen, who likes a drink even more than she likes him, and Simon with his endless affairs and intrigues - we begin to see how love is suffocated by work and the drive to succeed, how individuals are crushed by money and progress. When both men finally understand what they are losing, and go in search of it, their lives start to intersect, and the story spirals to its astonishing conclusion. A thrillingly original novel about ambition and desire, power and corruption, Some Great Thing has the same epic emotional grandeur and sweep as The Great Gatsby. Written with great skill, and with huge compassion for his broken characters and their thwarted dreams, Colin McAdam has created one of the finest first novels of recent years.
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Colin McAdam is a Canadian who grew up in Hong Kong, Denmark, England and Canada. After completing a doctorate in England, he moved to Sydney, Australia, where he now lives.
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Destinos, gastos y plazos de envíoLibrería: Purpora Books, Comox, BC, Canada
Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First UK Edition. Canadian author's first novel. A finalist for the 2004 Governor General's Award for Fiction. 358 pages. Nº de ref. del artículo: 20987
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Librería: Klanhorn, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine, Mild wear/VG++, Edgewear, soiling. Psychological drama. Author's first novel. Expanded condition report/scan on request. Nº de ref. del artículo: 020193
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Librería: Hunt For Books, Blackburn, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Some Great Thing by Colin McAdam. 2004. Hardback. UK first edition, first printing. Book and jacket in very good condition. Jacket un clipped and book clean throughout. Bookseller Inventory #HFB0045340. Nº de ref. del artículo: 045340
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Librería: DDRBOOKS, Watertown, SD, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. First Edition, First Printing. A signed bookplate is included. First novel, remindful of The Great Gatsby. Ambition and love, power and corruption, dreams and thwarted dreams. Nº de ref. del artículo: DDR1991
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Librería: Jenhams Books, Dundee, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: New. First Edition. A hardback First Edition, new and unread, in a Very Good or better dustjacket (actually new, too, but has collected a little shelfwear and is slightly grubby). This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). BUYERS OUTSIDE UK please also note the following: 1. shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel 2. many countries apply import or other taxes - these are the buyers responsibility; we may ask for extra payment to cover any taxes which we have to pay 'up front' on the buyer's behalf. Nº de ref. del artículo: mon0000073948
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Librería: Ariadne Books, PBFA, Eynsham, Witney, OXON, Reino Unido
Hardback. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First edition. Jonathan Cape, London, 2004. First edition. Book condition: near fine. Dust jacket condition: very good - unclipped and with only very slight shelf wear around the edges. A thoroughly original novel about ambition and love, power and corruption, Some Great Thing has the same epic emotional grandeur as The Great Gatsby. With great skill, and with huge compassion for his broken characters and their thwarted dreams, Colin McAdam has created one of the finest novels of recent years. Book. Nº de ref. del artículo: 1302954
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Librería: Mooney's bookstore, Den Helder, Holanda
Condición: Very good. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9780224064552-2-2
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Librería: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, Reino Unido
Condición: Very Good. Some shelf wear, otherwise book content is in very good condition. Nº de ref. del artículo: 093519-7
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