Bliss Peter Carey Harper & Row 1982 First Edition Very Good Copy Nice Price!

Description: On offer is a very good hardcover copy of Bliss, a novel by Australian author Peter Carey. The book was published by Harper & Row in 1982, 296 pages. It is the 1st U.S. edition, 1st printing. The condition of the book is very good. The unclipped dust jacket is shiny, the spine is solid, there are no remainder marks, underlining, highlighting, stains, page tears, missing pages, or otherwise noticeable damage. This is a great copy. Please see photos for details. I’m offering this volume at a bargain price (see other comparable listings on eBay or on Amazon). Take advantage now because someone is going to snap this up! All photos are of the actual item being offered for sale, with no stock photos. This book is from my personal collection in a non-smoking environment. Enjoy! Production Description Bliss is the first novel by Australian writer Peter Carey. Published in 1981, the book won that year's Miles Franklin Award. Written as a dark, comic fable, the story concerns an advertising executive, Harry Joy, who briefly 'dies' of a heart attack. On being resuscitated, he realizes that the life he has previously drifted amiably through is in fact Hell – literally so to Harry. His wife is unfaithful, while his son is selling drugs, and his daughter is a communist selling herself to buy them. In one of the novel's more shocking scenes, glimpsed through a window, incest occurs. Redemption comes in the form of Honey Barbara – a pantheist, healer and prostitute. In the words of the book's blurb "Honey is to Harry as Isis is to Osiris. Together they conquer Hell and retire to the forest where their children inherit the legend of paradise regained." But Harry must die for a second time to be truly saved.

Price: 14.99 USD

Location: Guysville, Ohio

End Time: 2025-01-03T20:50:13.000Z

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