Mr Tasker's Gods was T. F. Powys's first novel. Written during the First World War it wasn't published until 1925. It is an unsettling work constantly showing the brutal reality behind the facades. Mr Tasker himself, on the surface, a respectable farmer and God abiding churchwarden is, in fact, 'a brute beast of the most foul nature' Many of the initial reviews were hostile, but that was largely because of the author's treatment of the church. It is under constant attack with the services being described as 'a sort of roll ...
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Mr Tasker's Gods was T. F. Powys's first novel. Written during the First World War it wasn't published until 1925. It is an unsettling work constantly showing the brutal reality behind the facades. Mr Tasker himself, on the surface, a respectable farmer and God abiding churchwarden is, in fact, 'a brute beast of the most foul nature' Many of the initial reviews were hostile, but that was largely because of the author's treatment of the church. It is under constant attack with the services being described as 'a sort of roll-call to enable authority to retain a proper hold upon the people'. Faber Finds are reissuing six works by T. F. Powys: Mr Tasker's Gods, Mark Only, Mockery Gap, Innocent Birds, Fables and God's Eyes A-Twinkle.
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Add this copy of Mr Tasker's Gods to cart. $55.45, very good condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1925 by Chatto and Windus.
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None. Very Good. A novel by Theodore Francis Powys. First edition. Lacking the dustwrapper. Theodore Francis Powys was a British novelist and short-story writer. Many of his works were allegorical due to his influences being the Bible, John Bunyan, Jonathan Swift as well as other seventeenth and eighteenth century authors. He was also inspired by Thomas Hardy and Frederich Nietzsche. In a full cloth binding with paper spine label. Externally, generally smart. Small patches of rubbing to the boards. Spine has faded. Marks to spine label. Front hinge is strained but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned to edges. A few small chips to the tail of pages. Pages are unevenly cut at the bottom edge. The occasional light spots to pages. Very Good.
Add this copy of Mr. Tasker's Gods to cart. $51.49, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Faber and Faber.
