Water music

T. Coraghessan Boyle

earliest edition we have, 1981 Granta Books, 1998 paperback 448 pages

rororo 12580

Set in the late eighteenth century, Water Music follows the wild adventures of Ned Rise, thief and whoremaster, and Mungo Park, a Scottish explorer, through London's seamy gutters and Scotland's scenic highlands to their grand meeting in the heart of darkest Africa. There they join forces and wend their hilarious way to the source of the Niger.

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Werner Richter 1 printing we hold · 1995 · Rowohlt

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Editions we hold

Wassermusik paperback · 2016 · dtv Verlagsgesellschaft · 9783423216593
Wassermusik paperback · 2015 · dtv Verlagsgesellschaft · 9783423144124
Wassermusik hardcover · 2014 · Hanser, Carl GmbH + Co. · 9783446243248
Water music edition · 2006 · Penguin Books · 437 pages
Wassermusik. Sonderausgabe. Roman. paperback · 2002 · Rowohlt Tb. · 560 pages · 9783499232930
Water Music paperback · 1998 · Granta Books · 448 pages · 9781862071551
Water Music paperback · 1998 · Phébus · 730 pages · 9782859405311
Wassermusik edition · 1995 · Rowohlt · 539 pages
Water Music paperback · 1994 · Penguin Books / Granta · 448 pages · 9780140140781
Water music edition · 1990 · Presses pocket · 670 pages · 9782266030595
Wassermusik paperback · 1990 · Rowohlt Verlag · 560 pages
Water music edition · 1983 · Panther · 437 pages

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