MY ABSOLUTE DARLING by Gabriel Tallent. (London): 4th Estate in association with Goldsboro Books, 2017. First U.K. edition, first printing; Signed limited issue. "First published in Great Britain in 2017 by 4th Estate" statement and first printing number code 1 to the copyright page, 12.99 to the jacket's flap. Limited to seven-hundred-fifty hand-numbered copies SIGNED by the author to a special printed limitation-title page, with "August 2017" printed as the last line. This is number 166. L.A. Times and John Leonard finalist, and selected as the Best Book of the Year by USA Today, Amazon, Business Insider, Washington Post, and the NY Times. A page turner featuring a teen girl who has been taught to hide, isolate, and survive in nature with her father, until she finds a romance-inspired boy in school who opens her desire to be part of the rest of the world and dangerously escape her father's control. Fine, square, tight and unread in cream-gray linen boards with cream embossed titles to the spine, plum end-papers; in a fine dust jacket with bright yellow, glossy printed wraparound Obie-band that bears a glowing Stephen King blurb to its front panel and other blurbs and 12.99 to its rear panel; original printed 12.99 price still intact to the jacket's front inner flap; promotional bookmark laid in. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT SIGNED FICTION BOOKS THANKS!