'THE GIFT is the best book you'll give yourself all year. Don't waste it on anyone else -- they don't deserve it.' Will Self Philip has a lot on his mind. At home, in his unnecessarily large, excessively expensive house in south London, he is attempting to become a Taoist master of love with his wife Alice, but his quest is forever being interrupted by the requests of his twin daughters: Can we have a pony -- please? I want to go to boarding school -- please? At work, in his shed/office at the bottom of the garden, between ...
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'THE GIFT is the best book you'll give yourself all year. Don't waste it on anyone else -- they don't deserve it.' Will Self Philip has a lot on his mind. At home, in his unnecessarily large, excessively expensive house in south London, he is attempting to become a Taoist master of love with his wife Alice, but his quest is forever being interrupted by the requests of his twin daughters: Can we have a pony -- please? I want to go to boarding school -- please? At work, in his shed/office at the bottom of the garden, between countless games of Minesweep and FreeCell, Philip is trying to pay the mortgage by writing instruction manuals for Korean bread-making machines. And, at parties where he is concerned that he is not taken seriously (he has been variously mistaken as a doctor/waiter and sinologist) Philip tells the world he is a scriptwriter, even though all he has managed to pen is a story he calls Wang the Unlucky Scholar. But, above all, Philip is worrying about his best friends Sean and Barry. The problem is simple: they give great presents. Their gifts are exquisite: a full set of Italian crockery, a handmade corkscrew from Venice. They give them indiscriminately: on birthdays, at parties and quite often for no reason whatsoever. And, most distressingly, these presents break all bounds of generosity: two FA Cup Final tickets beside the royal box, a skiing holiday for Philip's entire family. These are gifts that hurt a man's pride, these are gifts that can never be matched.
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Very Good. Problem: Best friends keep giving extremely generous gifts Solution: Give better ones in return Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 220. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. 2004. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Very Good. 2003. Hardcover. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. Light shelf wear, remains very good. First edition copy....Signed Copy. We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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New. Glued binding. B-format paperback. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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Physical description: 312 p.; 21 cm. Subjects: Law; Pictorial works. Admiralty New York (State). Gifts Psychological aspects; Fiction. Successful people; Fiction. Genre: Fiction. Uncorrected proof. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.
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