Far north

Out on the far northern border of a failed state, Makepeace--sheriff and perhaps the last citizen--patrols the city ruins, salvaging books but keeping the guns in good repair.

Main Author: Theroux, Marcel, 1968-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Edition: 1st American ed.
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Summary: Out on the far northern border of a failed state, Makepeace--sheriff and perhaps the last citizen--patrols the city ruins, salvaging books but keeping the guns in good repair.
Physical Description: 314 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780374153533 (alk. paper)
0374153531 (alk. paper)
Author Notes: Marcel Theroux is the author of three novels, A Blow to the Heart , A Stranger in the Earth , and The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes: A Paper Chase , which won a Somerset Maugham Award. He lives in London.