About this title: Beckett's tragicomic first novel (1938) is about a young man trying to earn enough money to get married and support a wife. In the process, he is also searching for himself.
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Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: FINE-Trade pb. Nobel winner's only full-length novel, a Grover ORIGINAL trade paperback. In fine condition, no marks, straight, bright, very sl wear. Grove trade pb, 282 pp read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 1994-01-20
ISBN-13:9780802150370ISBN:0802150373
Description: Fair. Tight, uncr4eased spine, shelf and edge wear, cover creases and curl, sticker residue and scrape on back cover, a little marking, corners bumped cover edges tanning, this is the white cover with black printing, if you need a copy for a class and care more about saving money than you do about cosmetics, this is the copy for you. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780330234443ISBN:0330234447
Description: Acceptable. Page colour-Slightly discoloured in accordance with book age. The cover is slightly creased **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
Description: Good. 0714500429 Good condition paperback book, some creases to spine, some edge/corner rubs, may have corner crease, small edge tear or spine slant, a good book for reading. Shop & Save With US. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Grove Pr
Date Published: 1957-06-01
ISBN-13:9780802150370ISBN:0802150373
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780802150370ISBN:0802150373
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Picador, London
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780330234443ISBN:0330234447
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Reprint in softcover format, 8vo, 158pp, card covers; previous owner's neat inscription to title page o/w VG+/Fine Copy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: FABER AND FABER Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780571244584ISBN:0571244580
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 224 pages. Features a work-shy eponymous hero, adrift in london, who realises that desire can never be satisfied and withdraws from life, in search of stupor. murphy's lovestruck fiancee celia tries with tragic pathos to draw him back, but her attempts are doomed to failure. murphy's friends and familiars are simulacra of murphy, fragmented and incomplete. (Paperback) read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Jupiter Books
Date Published: 1963
Description: Good. Paperback, moderate edge wear, a sound copy in good condition. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Edition: reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grove Press, NY
Date Published: 1979
Description: Vg/vg. Dust Jacket. Navy cloth over boards with silver lettering & rules; very slight foxing to for e edge; price-clipped dust jacket in new clear protective mylar. read more
"I'm sure I missed many of Beckett's references. Otherwise I'd have given it five stars. The fault is mine. It's not exactly a page turner but very funny and dry. The prose changes from brief, almost half exchanges, to precise description. The action was vague but that's the point, I'm pretty sure. I found it fascinating, but I'm have a weakness for the portrayals of life as real and unreal and the line between. Even so, even considering what happens in a small world of characters that all know each other and all speak to a different beautiful human weakness, I was impressed by how these people survived. No rent money. Circling the town in case a job appears until one does that's perfect for Murphy. Nobody eats anything. Murphy buys a packet of digestive biscuits and one point but a dog eats his favorite.
The dialog is funny and memorable. This is a book I will return to: it quickly sends you to tumbledown place that's both cozy and squalid.
It was Beckett's first novel and really, if you like his plays, you'll love the novel."
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