Darke By Rick Gekoski. 9781782119364

Canongate Books, Edinburgh, 2017. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Vg+ to Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, first printing with number '1' solely on the publisher's page. Book is bound in black coloured binding paper on stiff boards; with matching coloured endpapers. Spine titles are in gilt. 299pp. Jacket unclipped with light wear to the edges. \n--------------------------------------------\nDr James Darke has expelled himself from the world. He writes compulsively in his 'coming of old age' journal; he eats little, drinks and smokes a lot. Meditating on what he has lost - the loves of his life, both dead and alive - he tries to console himself with the wisdom of the great thinkers and poets, yet finds nothing but disappointment. But cracks of light appear in his carefully managed darkness; he begins to emerge from his self-imposed exile, drawn by the tender, bruised filaments of love for his daughter and grandson. Rich in ideas and feeling, Rick Geky