According to Queeney

First edition. Crown 8vo. Pp. [x], 242. Publisher's burgundy cloth, lettered and blocked in gilt to spine. Jacket after Sir Joshua Reynolds (priced £16.99 to front flap). Illustrated endpapers, integral ribbon marker.

Signed by Author to title-page. Text block lightly toned, else Fine.

Longlisted for the Booker Prize. A 2001 New York Times Notable Book. A tale of unrequited love and a masterly evocation of the last years of Dr Johnson, as seen through the eyes of his benefactress's – Mrs. Thrale – firstborn daughter, Queeney. Cameos by David Garrick, the actor, Sir Joshua Reynolds, the painter, along with Johnson's biographer, James Boswell, spice up the author's last completed novel.

In 2008, The Times placed Bainbridge on their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". "A dark, often hilarious and deeply human vision [...] a major literary accomplishment." –Margaret Atwood, Toronto Globe and Mail