THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING NOVEL 2019 marked the centenary of Stanley Middleton's birth. Holiday, winner of the 1974 Booker Prize, remains the most celebrated and popular novel from 'the Chekhov of suburbia'. Edwin Fisher has fled to a seaside resort of his childhood past to try to come to terms with the death of his baby son and the collapse of his marriage to Meg. On this strange and lonely holiday, as he seeks to understand what went wrong, Edwin must find somea way to think about what he has been and decide upon where he ...
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THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING NOVEL 2019 marked the centenary of Stanley Middleton's birth. Holiday, winner of the 1974 Booker Prize, remains the most celebrated and popular novel from 'the Chekhov of suburbia'. Edwin Fisher has fled to a seaside resort of his childhood past to try to come to terms with the death of his baby son and the collapse of his marriage to Meg. On this strange and lonely holiday, as he seeks to understand what went wrong, Edwin must find somea way to think about what he has been and decide upon where he can go next. ______________________________________ 'At first glance, or even at second, Stanley Middleton's world is easily recognizable... The excellence of art, for Middleton, is an exact vision of real things as they are. And because he is himself so exact an observer, his world at third glance can seem strange and disturbing or newly and brilliantly lit with colour.' A.S. Byatt 'We need Stanley Middleton to remind us what the novel is about. Holiday is vintage Middleton... One has to look at nineteenth-century writing for comparable storytelling.' Sunday Times
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Add this copy of Holiday to cart. $11.92, new condition, Sold by Ria Christie Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Uxbridge, MIDDLESEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2014 by Windmill Books.
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New. Edwin Fisher has fled to a seaside resort of his childhood past to try to come to terms with the death of his baby son and the collapse of his marriage to Meg. On this strange and lonely holiday, as he seeks to understand what went wrong, Edwin must find some way to think about what he has been and decide upon where he can go next. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 188. 2014. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
Add this copy of Holiday to cart. $12.44, new condition, Sold by Books2anywhere rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fairford, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2014 by Cornerstone.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Add this copy of Holiday to cart. $101.88, good condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 1974 by Hutchinson.
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Used-Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket. 1974 1st edition, 2nd impression, tightly bound in blue cloth with silver lettering to spine; spine base slightly bumped. Dust jacket not price-clipped with light wear to edges, slight yellowing to edges of back panel, small scrape to front near spine and a few small indentations to spine. Internally, just a few tiny, pale spots and faint yellowing to endpapers; edges of pages faintly yellowed; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy.
Add this copy of Holiday to cart. $108.33, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1974 by Hutchinson.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 450grams, ISBN: 0091199107.
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First Edition Thus. Hardback. Large 8vo. pp 42. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered on white labels on spine and front cover. Signed presentation copy on the title page. First chapter of the elusive 1974 Booker prize winner Limited edition of 350 copies, this being no. 174. First chapter series. ISBN: 0955014689 Fine.
Add this copy of Holiday to cart. $991.00, like new condition, Sold by MW Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, G, IRELAND, published 1974 by London: Hutchinson & Co.
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Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Aditional scans etc. On request.; 239 pages; Physical desc. : 239 p. Subject: Fiction--Fiction in English. Booker Prize Winner. Complete with [loose] sash advertising Middleton as the 'Joint winner of the £5000 Booker Prize....' Notes: The novel revolves around Edwin Fisher, a lecturer who takes a holiday at a seaside resort. The work takes place entirely within the mind of Fisher, with much of the book's development dealing with the painful realities of Fisher's mind and life.
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Add this copy of Holiday to cart. $1,507.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Hutchinson.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition. Fine in price-clipped else fine dust jacket. One of the scarcest of the Booker Prize winners, this novel shared the award with Nadine Gordimer's *The Conservationist* in 1974. Seldom encountered, especially in this condition.
