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Author Harkaway, Nick, 1972-

Title The gone-away world / by Nick Harkaway
Edition First American edition
Published New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008

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 MELB  820.92 H2823 A6/G  AVAILABLE
Description 497 pages ; 24 cm
Series New Items
Summary "The Jorgmund Pipe is the backbone of the world, and it's on fire. Gonzo Lubitsch, professional hero and troubleshooter, is hired to put it out - but there's more to the fire, and the Pipe itself, than meets the eye. The job will take Gonzo and his best friend, our narrator, back to their own beginnings and into the dark heart of the Jorgmund Company itself." "From rural childhood in Cricklewood Cove to military service in a bewildering foreign war; from Jarndice University to the sawdust of the Nameless Bar; their story is the story of the Gone-Away World. It is the history of a friendship stretched beyond its limits; a tale of love and loss; of ninjas, pirates, politics; of curious heroism in strange and dangerous places."--BOOK JACKET
Notes "A Borzoi book"
Genre/Form Dystopian fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Romance fiction.
Science fiction.
Dystopias.
LC no. 2008008701
ISBN 9780307268860