A world elsewhere

Wayne Johnston

Original title: A World Elsewhere

earliest edition we have, 2011 Vintage, 2013 paperback

Set in the late nineteenth century, "A World Elsewhere" is an intricately woven tale of humour and emotion, of family and friendship, of ambition and destitution. At its centre is Landish Druken, son of a Newfoundland sealing captain, who turns his back on family tradition and wishes to become a writer. Well-mannered and eloquent, Landish sets off from St John's to Princeton University, where he is befriended by 'Van...

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A World Elsewhere paperback · 2013 · Vintage · 9780099572039
A world elsewhere edition · 2012 · Jonathan Cape · 294 pages · 9780224096607
A world elsewhere edition · 2011 · Alfred A. Knopf Canada · 294 pages · 9780307399892

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