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Major new novel from Annie Proulx, now in paperback. Huge consumer campaign to back publication including nationwide outdoor, underground and broadsheet advertising. Lead paperback review coverage assured for this hugely popular author. The story of one man's struggle to make good in the inhospitable ranch country of the Texas panhandle. 750,000 copies of "The Shipping News" sold in paperback. "An absolute corker of a novel which manages the dual feat of being a serious satire on the evils of global capitalism, and a personal comedy of Dickensian dimensions" A N Wilson *Also appeared in Sept 2003 Buyer's Notes*
Synopsis
A brilliant novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning Annie Proulx, author of 'The Shipping News' and 'Brokeback Mountain'.
