The Wild Goose Chase, published in 1937 and Rex Warner's first novel, was a groundbreaking piece of fiction. The novel follows three brothers whose journey is a dazzling original political allegory of liberation through Marxism. While most socialist writing of the 1930s took the form of social realism or reportage, Warner broke with this tradition, drawing instead on surrealism, classical mythology, fairy tales, film, and popular genres of the time including Boys Adventure and science fiction. Its publication immediately ...
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The Wild Goose Chase, published in 1937 and Rex Warner's first novel, was a groundbreaking piece of fiction. The novel follows three brothers whose journey is a dazzling original political allegory of liberation through Marxism. While most socialist writing of the 1930s took the form of social realism or reportage, Warner broke with this tradition, drawing instead on surrealism, classical mythology, fairy tales, film, and popular genres of the time including Boys Adventure and science fiction. Its publication immediately secured Rex Warner's reputation as a major writer. In the novel, three brothers - Rudolph, David, and George - embark on a dangerous quest in search of the 'wild goose'. Their search takes them into a neighbouring country and they eventually arrive at a sealed-off town where the ruling dictators have enslaved the people and secured a life of privilege for themselves and a few harmless professors who teach at the town's university. Only George, the youngest brother, is able to stand up against the dictators, and he eventually leads a successful revolution against them.
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First American Edition! Hardcover, tan cloth, no Dust Jacket. Rubbing on front/back cover from age. Red edge paint on top block of pages. Previous booksellers price on flyleaf. Edge tanning from age. Fresh cut pages are clean and unmarked. Strong binding. Good copy!
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1937. Boriswood. first edition. good, gilt titles on spine, spine & covers faded. 9x6. 442pp. Three brothers, Rudolph, David and George, set off on their bicycles to chase the Wild Goose in this entertaining novel.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First American edition. A fine, bright copy in dust jacket with a small tear on rear panel, else crisp and bright. Author's first adult novel.
Add this copy of Wild Goose Chase to cart. $200.00, good condition, Sold by Lavendier Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Foster, RI, UNITED STATES, published 1944 by The Bodley Head, John Lane.
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Good. Boriswood Limited; London, 1937. Hardcover. Signed note by author affirmed to front pastedown. First Publication. A Good, blue cloth binding with yellow lettering on front board and rubbed off yellow lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, sunned spine and board margins, some age spotting/scattered foxing to board/spine buckram, deckle bottom text block edge, spine lean, some scattered foxing to text block edges, some wear to spine edges and board corners, dent front board at fore-edge, bit of age toning to pages, trace age spotting to few pages, without Dust wrapper. A good, clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 442pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. Please Note: Depending on site, actual book for sale may differ physically from picture listed. Additional scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.