An End and a Beginning is the final book in James Hanley's five novel sequence, The Furys. All five novels have been reissued in Faber Finds. Young Peter Fury, confused by his mother's ambition for him, was driven to commit a crime for which he was sent to prison for fifteen years. The story opens with his release, and as Peter gropes his way back to normal life we learn the extraordinary circumstances of his past and observe his coming to terms with the future. The Furys sequence is one of the great works of twentieth ...
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An End and a Beginning is the final book in James Hanley's five novel sequence, The Furys. All five novels have been reissued in Faber Finds. Young Peter Fury, confused by his mother's ambition for him, was driven to commit a crime for which he was sent to prison for fifteen years. The story opens with his release, and as Peter gropes his way back to normal life we learn the extraordinary circumstances of his past and observe his coming to terms with the future. The Furys sequence is one of the great works of twentieth-century literature, but it has had to wait until now to be made available in its entirety.
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Add this copy of An End and a Beginning to cart. $24.80, new condition, Sold by Paperbackshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bensenville, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Faber & Faber.
Add this copy of An End and a Beginning to cart. $25.00, good condition, Sold by Munster & Company rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Corvallis, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1958 by Horizon Press.
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Good in Good jacket. New York: Horizon Press, 1958. 315 pp. 21 x 13.5 cm. Black quarter cloth with brown paper covered boards and red titling to spine, in an unclipped dustjacket. Uneven toning, speckling, and soil to panels of dustjacket, with some dampstaining to spine of jacket. Small 3 mm hole and some wear at head of spine panel of jacket. Light bumping to spine ends of book, with toning and speckling to edges of text block. Tiny purple dot to bottom edge of text block. Some sunning to head of boards. Some uneven toning to endpapers. Interior otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding sound. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good.
Add this copy of An End and a Beginning to cart. $33.38, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2009 by Faber Finds.
Add this copy of An End and a Beginning to cart. $75.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1958 by Horizon Press.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First American edition. Light foxing on topedge, board edges slightly sunned, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a lightly toned spine, and tiny nicks at the crown. The fifth and final book of Hanley's acclaimed Furys Saga.
Add this copy of An End and a Beginning to cart. $95.00, like new condition, Sold by Books Of Choice rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bloomington, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1958 by Horizon Press.
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Fine book in a fine dust jacket. 315 pages First American edition, first printing. His sixth book & the final book in his five series, The Furys Saga about an ex-convict who tries to re-establish his life in the Irish countryside. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
