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The Bind

The Bindcharts the rise and fall of Egret Bindings, once the most prestigious firm of bookbinders in London.

In 1910 brothers Guy and Victor Egret take on an ambitious commission: a deluxe, jewelled binding of a collection of poems, A Moonless Land. It proves to be a moment of hubris. The work triggers their ruin, watched by the disapproving spirit of their father, Garrison Egret.

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A darkly humorous tale of sibling rivalry and creative one-upmanship, The Bindshows once again that William Goldsmith is an incomparable storyteller and a marvellously inventive artist.

Setting
englandlondon
Subject
history
Audience
adult
Length
short · 120 pages

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