Inscribed by the author. The book has firm binding and clean pages. There are no markings except for the author's inscription on the title page. The covers are smooth and clean with no wear. Please see the photos. ~ Set variously in Donegal, Dublin, Boston, Nicaragua and Majorca, the stories in The Draughtsman and the Unicorn charts the bittersweet and comic misadventures of its protagonists as they encounter such mysteries as love, betrayal and a policeman on holidays suddenly confronted with the nature of his trade; a mother haunted by a childhood hoax; a young woman who fancies herself as the last unicorn. Ambient and enchanting, Glavin's second short story collection (his first, One For Sorrow) offers a series of slowly revealed, unexpected and often devastating insights into the nuances and vagaries of the human condition. 'Astonishingly accomplished and evocative' --The Irish Times

ISBN: 9781902602066