Darke

R. A. Gekoski

earliest edition we have, 2017 Canongate Books, 2019 paperback 320 pages

Dr 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...

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Darke paperback · 2019 · Canongate Books · 320 pages · 9781782119395
Darke edition · 2017 · Canongate Books Ltd · 299 pages · 9781786892287
Darke edition · 2017 · Canongate Books · 321 pages · 9781782119388
Darke hardcover · 2017 · imusti · 320 pages · 9781782119364
Darke edition · 2017 · Isis Large Print · 9781785414398
Darke edition · 2017 · Canongate Books · 304 pages · 9781782119371

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