Publicado por Hamish Hamilton: London, 1991
ISBN 10: 0241131448 ISBN 13: 9780241131442
Librería: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS, Colyton, DEVON, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. First British edition (& 1st printing). Translated from the Japanese by Alfred Birnbaum. First printing with ''1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2'' on copyright page. This UK edition is much more uncommon than the US 1st edition. Page edges just a little browned else a fine copy in an almost fine dustjacket, a little light edge wear in several places.
Publicado por Hamish Hamilton, London, 1991
ISBN 10: 0241131448 ISBN 13: 9780241131442
Librería: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First British edition, first printing with "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on copyright page. "An unnamed but decidedly hard-boiled detective takes on a strange case involving a brilliant but naive elderly scientist, his beautiful, apparently mute granddaughter, some very strange technology, and what appear to be kappas, traditional Japanese monsters. In alternating chapters a different unnamed narrator visits a town at the end of the world, where things aren't what they seem and unicorns are common. This strange and surrealistic novel by a mainstream writer who occasionally strays into genre territory is heavily influenced by the cyberpunks." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-792. The author's fourth novel and his second to be translated into English. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-792. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with £14.99 price printed on front flap. (#158572).