1984, ISBN: 9780312699123

New York. 1984. St Martin's Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0312699123. 1st Novel. 179 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by Ian Pollock. keywor… More...

New York. 1984. St Martin's Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0312699123. 1st Novel. 179 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by Ian Pollock. keywords: Literature England . FROM THE PUBLISHER - ‘My name is William Mackerel Burton. I have killed eighteen men and women. It has been my life's work. . ‘ In his journal, his book of the dead, an ordinary young man with an extraordinary secret life sets down the record of his murderous career. Growing up in a private hotel in a small seaside town, Mackerel Burton has no idea he is destined to become a monster. A lonely child, he amuses himself at home by perfecting his conjuring. But then he discovers the greatest disappearing trick of all - murder - and life takes on a new magic. . Mackerel packs up and sets off for London and the killing ground. From the first acts of butchery in a Kilburn basement he moves out into the streets to murder swiftly, efficiently and at random - housewives, businessmen, spinsters, prostitutes - until he is addicted and the blood he sheds so expertly and ruthlessly has become a drug. He is beyond help and beyond capture. He is the Sandman. Miles Gibson, a gifted and original young writer, takes the reader into the mind of a man obsessed with the terror and beauty of death. We inhabit his dark world, dream his nightmares and share his fears. Writing with elegance and remarkable imaginative insight, he has created a vivid and extraordinarily powerful first novel. MILES GIBSON was born in the New Forest in 1947. He was educated at Sandhills Primary School (where he learned to cut things out with plastic scissors) and Somerford Secondary Modern (where he lost a curious number of sneakers). Two collections of his poetry have been published and he writes, sometimes, for the Telegraph Sunday Magazine. He lives alone in London. inventory #10751 ISBN: 0312699123., 0<

1984, ISBN: 9780312699123

New York. 1984. St Martin's Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0312699123. 1st Novel. 179 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by Ian Pollock. FROM T… More...

New York. 1984. St Martin's Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0312699123. 1st Novel. 179 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by Ian Pollock. FROM THE PUBLISHER - ‘My name is William Mackerel Burton. I have killed eighteen men and women. It has been my life’s work. ‘ In his journal, his book of the dead, an ordinary young man with an extraordinary secret life sets down the record of his murderous career. Growing up in a private hotel in a small seaside town, Mackerel Burton has no idea he is destined to become a monster. A lonely child, he amuses himself at home by perfecting his conjuring. But then he discovers the greatest disappearing trick of all – murder - and life takes on a new magic. Mackerel packs up and sets off for London and the killing ground. From the first acts of butchery in a Kilburn basement he moves out into the streets to murder swiftly, efficiently and at random - housewives, businessmen, spinsters, prostitutes - until he is addicted and the blood he sheds so expertly and ruthlessly has become a drug. He is beyond help and beyond capture. He is the Sandman. Miles Gibson, a gifted and original young writer, takes the reader into the mind of a man obsessed with the terror and beauty of death. We inhabit his dark world, dream his nightmares and share his fears. Writing with elegance and remarkable imaginative insight, he has created a vivid and extraordinarily powerful first novel. MILES GIBSON was born in the New Forest in 1947. He was educated at Sandhills Primary School (where he learned to cut things out with plastic scissors) and Somerford Secondary Modern (where he lost a curious number of sneakers). Two collections of his poetry have been published and he writes, sometimes, for the Telegraph Sunday Magazine. He lives alone in London. inventory #10751 ISBN: 0312699123., 0<

1984, ISBN: 9780312699123

New York. 1984. St Martin's Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0312699123. 1st Novel. 179 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by Ian Pollock. FROM THE PUBLISHER -… More...

New York. 1984. St Martin's Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0312699123. 1st Novel. 179 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by Ian Pollock. FROM THE PUBLISHER - ‘My name is William Mackerel Burton. I have killed eighteen men and women. It has been my life’s work. ‘ In his journal, his book of the dead, an ordinary young man with an extraordinary secret life sets down the record of his murderous career. Growing up in a private hotel in a small seaside town, Mackerel Burton has no idea he is destined to become a monster. A lonely child, he amuses himself at home by perfecting his conjuring. But then he discovers the greatest disappearing trick of all – murder - and life takes on a new magic. Mackerel packs up and sets off for London and the killing ground. From the first acts of butchery in a Kilburn basement he moves out into the streets to murder swiftly, efficiently and at random - housewives, businessmen, spinsters, prostitutes - until he is addicted and the blood he sheds so expertly and ruthlessly has become a drug. He is beyond help and beyond capture. He is the Sandman. Miles Gibson, a gifted and original young writer, takes the reader into the mind of a man obsessed with the terror and beauty of death. We inhabit his dark world, dream his nightmares and share his fears. Writing with elegance and remarkable imaginative insight, he has created a vivid and extraordinarily powerful first novel. MILES GIBSON was born in the New Forest in 1947. He was educated at Sandhills Primary School (where he learned to cut things out with plastic scissors) and Somerford Secondary Modern (where he lost a curious number of sneakers). Two collections of his poetry have been published and he writes, sometimes, for the Telegraph Sunday Magazine. He lives alone in London. inventory #4602 ISBN: 0312699123., 0<