"Early nineteenth-century France had Balzac, we have Tim Pears" - "The Times". For John, a potato isn't just a staple food, it's also something wondrous, the secret of his success and the key to the future. With his brother, Greg, he has turned his father's greengrocery business into Spudnik, Britain's largest dealer in potatoes. Now, he wants to change the world by introducing, through potatoes, edible vaccines: plants genetically modified to provide an edible alternative to injections. But as John spins round and round ...
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"Early nineteenth-century France had Balzac, we have Tim Pears" - "The Times". For John, a potato isn't just a staple food, it's also something wondrous, the secret of his success and the key to the future. With his brother, Greg, he has turned his father's greengrocery business into Spudnik, Britain's largest dealer in potatoes. Now, he wants to change the world by introducing, through potatoes, edible vaccines: plants genetically modified to provide an edible alternative to injections. But as John spins round and round the ring road avoiding his turn off to work he has to figure out how to tell his brother that deep in the Venezuelan jungle, volunteers have died during the latest illegal trials. Deaths that they have to find some way to hide. "Wake up" is a book about our times, and how we are hurtling, almost silently, into a new age with implications that are unfathomable. Funny, fluent, and provocative it is a major new novel from one of our finest contemporary writers. "Wake up" is a book about our times, and how we are hurtling, almost silently, into a new age with implications that are unfathomable.
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Add this copy of Wake Up to cart. $3.68, new condition, Sold by JR Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Grand Rapids, MI, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC.
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Very Good. 2003. New. Paperback. For John, a potato isn't just a staple food, it's also something wondrous, the secret of his success and the key to the future. With his brother, Greg, he has turned his father's greengrocery business into Spudnik, Britain's largest dealer in potatoes. Now, he wants to change the world by introducing, through potatoes, edible vaccines. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186......We ship daily from our Bookshop.
Add this copy of Wake Up to cart. $14.53, good condition, Sold by Kennys.ie rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, IRELAND, published 2003 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC.
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Good. For John, a potato isn't just a staple food, it's also something wondrous, the secret of his success and the key to the future. With his brother, Greg, he has turned his father's greengrocery business into Spudnik, Britain's largest dealer in potatoes. Now, he wants to change the world by introducing, through potatoes, edible vaccines. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear. 2003. New. Paperback.....
Add this copy of Wake Up to cart. $14.53, good condition, Sold by Kennys.ie rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, IRELAND, published 2002 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC.
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Good. 2002. Hardcover. Copy fine in dust jacket. DJ has minor wear to edges and some staining to front cover, but remains good.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Add this copy of Wake Up to cart. $16.77, very good condition, Sold by Prominent Trading Company rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, HEREFORDSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2003 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC.
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Very good. Please note: slight discolouration to edge of pages Next day dispatch (mon-fri). Please note orders sent to Netherlands or Sweden take slightly longer than the Amazon estimated delivery date.
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Fair. Ex-library copy with usual stamps and markings. Second hand-Sun damaged page ends, creased covers, bumping to edges and general age wear. Next working day dispatch from the UK (Mon-Fri). Please contact us with any queries.
Add this copy of Wake Up to cart. $20.09, like new condition, Sold by The Guru Bookshop rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, WALES, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2002 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC.
