The Fountain at the Centre of the World

Uncorrected Proof. 8vo. Pp. [viii], 330. Pictorial wraps.

Stamped "Proof/ Damaged" to title page and fore-edge, else Fine.

Author's third novel. A sweeping social tale which veers from corporate London to rural Mexico to the fateful street protests of 1999 Seattle. Newman's process of writing the book, from initial research to the final draft, was featured in an episode of the 2003 BBC2 TV series entitled Scribbling. "[T]he talismanic Catch-22 of the anti-globalization protest movement, the fictional complement to Naomi Klein's influential treatise No Logo." –The New York Times