Crumey, Andrew: Sputnik Caledonia. First Edition/First Printing. *Signed*

This is a first edition and first printing of Sputnik Caledonia by Andrew Crumey, published by Picador in 2008.

The book and protected dust jacket are in Fine condition with no inscriptions and not price clipped.

Signed by the author to the title page.

Description:

Robbie Coyle dreams of going to space. In 1970s Scotland this ambition marks him out almost as much as his eccentric family does – in particular, his avidly socialist father. Indoctrinated in the ways of the Left, Robbie can’t entertain the idea of going into orbit with the capitalist Americans. So he gets a ‘teach yourself Russian’ book from the library and settles down with Einstein’s Meaning of Relativity by his side.

Later, however, his fantasies take on a darker shade. In an imagined communist Scotland, post-World War II, the young recruit Robert finds himself at the Installation, a closed, bleak town run under surveillance and dedicated to scientific research. Astronomers have discovered a black hole and the Party will stop at nothing to attain it. The Red Star, as it comes to be known, heralds both the awakening and the extinguishing of Robert’s adulthood: the discovery of cruelty and of love; and the realization that the most passionate of dreams may be merely a chimera.

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