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Mister Pip
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Mister Pip
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Lloyd Jones
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:240 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 197,Width 129 |
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| Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780143008965
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| Classifications | Dewey:823.2 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Penguin Group (NZ)
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| Imprint |
Penguin Books (NZ)
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| Publication Date |
29 September 2008 |
| Publication Country |
New Zealand
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Description
One of the biggest novels ever published in New Zealand, and a bestseller throughout the world, the dazzling Mister Pip becomes available in B-format. Lloyd Jones' novel has been acclaimed throughout the world as a love song to the power of the imagination and of storytelling. It shows how books can change lives.
Author Biography
As well as being a prolific novelist, Lloyd has published essays and children's books. His best known works include The Book of Fame, winner of numerous literary awards, Biografi, a New York Times Notable Book, Choo Woo, Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance, Paint Your Wife and Mister Pip, winner of the 2007 Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Montana Medal for Fiction or Poetry, and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Jones is currently living in Germany as the recipient of the Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers' Residency.
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